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David M. Haviland

David M. Haviland
Dave is the Portfolio Manager of Beaumont Capital Management’s (BCM) Investment Strategies as well as a Managing Partner of BCM. He chairs the BCM Investment Committee and serves on the Beaumont Financial Partners (BFP) Asset Allocation and Investment Committees. His overall responsibilities include portfolio management, product creation, and ongoing business development. With three decades of experience, Dave has worked in the financial industry since 1986 and has spent most of his career as an investment advisor. His advisory background has provided him with a unique perspective on managing the BCM Strategies. In 1993, Dave joined his father at H & Co. Financial Services and in October 2000, under his management, Dave merged H & Co. into Beaumont Financial partners (BFP). In 2009, Dave created the BCM division and has been the steward of BCM’s rapid yet purposeful growth. Outside of the office, Dave has always been active in his community. He has served as Treasurer for several organizations, volunteered six years on the Dover School Committee, including multiple chairmanships, and currently serves as Dover’s Assistant Town Moderator. Dave enjoyed coaching his three boys in just about every sport; he and his wife Kate, along with their sons, are active trap and skeet enthusiasts and registered Therapy Dog handlers. Dave is a graduate of Deerfield Academy and an honors graduate of the University of Vermont. Dave is supported by our team of research analysts who also serve on the Beaumont Investment Committees. The team employs a discretionary and quantitative investment process to provide upside participation while minimizing losses.
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Recent Posts

"FOMO" or "Oh, No!": Balancing Risk and Capital Gains

March 29, 2018
Can you be honest with yourself? Seriously…completely honest? OK, then please answer this question: When was the last time you reviewed your portfolios and rebalanced them back to the asset allocation outlined in your financial plan? As the chart below illustrates, we have been enjoying a nine-year bull market, currently the second longest in history, which may continue to run for a long time. Or not. No one, including us, has any idea what the next week, month or year will bring. Looking at the chart, what does your gut tell you will happen next?

Tactical to Practical: Understanding the Importance of Types of Market Declines

March 22, 2018
Updated: May 4, 2020 Most investment professionals would agree that stock market price movement in the 0-5% range is just ordinary market movement or statistical “noise”. After this, there are three types of market declines that are simply distinguished by the size of the declines: A Pullback is defined as a 5-10% drop, a Correction is a 10-20% decline and a Bear Market is a 20+% decrease in market price. The first should ...

How to Select and Evaluate an Investment Manager

March 8, 2018
Like clients, every advisor has a different level of knowledge of the due diligence process. Often times advisors rely heavily on the due diligence efforts of a third-party such as their broker-dealer or Turnkey Asset Management Platform (TAMP). Regardless of your situation, we hope that the process outlined below gives a solid baseline process for manager evaluation. Hopefully it will help you gain comfort with your investment selections, help demonstrate the value you’re providing your clients, and fulfill many of your fiduciary duties as an ...

Are You Walking Into a TDF Trap?

February 27, 2018
Few investment products currently garner more attention than target date funds. Launched 30 years ago, TDFs are the most common qualified default investment alternative used in 401(k)s today, and they claim a sizable portion of the average investor's retirement portfolio.

10 Reasons to Change Your Practice to Grow Your Revenue

February 15, 2018
Every investment advisor has to make a choice when running a financial advisory practice: Do I manage my client’s investment portfolios myself or do I hire someone to do it for me? Almost every broker-dealer we work with has asked us to address this topic due to rising compliance concerns, but I’ve chosen to do it for a different reason: you the advisor.

From the Desk of the PM

February 9, 2018
The following memo was sent on Friday evening, February 9th at the end of last week's market action and volatility to BCM's current clients.

Is Your Investment Manager Only Doing Half the Job?

February 8, 2018
Do you own or use mutual funds, passive ETFs or strategic SMA managers?

From the Desk of the PM

February 5, 2018
The following memo was sent on Monday evening, February 5th at the start of this week's market action and volatility to BCM's current clients.

2018: The State of the Bond Markets Part 3

February 1, 2018
In our last post for the 2018: The State of the Bond Markets Part 2 report, we reviewed where the U.S. economy stands as well as quantifying the government's total debt outstanding. The monetary stimulus that has been injected into our economy is larger than anything tried before, and we expressed our concerned that any hint of inflation may cause interest rates to rise rapidly due to this monetary stimulus leftover in the system.