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Learning and practicing the basics of money management can have a profound impact on a young child’s life. What parents often overlook, even those who are investors themselves, is taking the education to the next stage once their children get older—say, around age 11 or 12. At that point, it may be the right time to start a conversation about investing. The lessons learned can not only develop the investor and entrepreneur in your child, but also the philanthropist.

Analysts anticipating a rebound in European stock markets for the last few years have been disappointed as early-year optimism faded by year-end. The European Central Bank’s aggressive monetary stimulus efforts failed to bring about the same lift in asset prices that US investors enjoyed. But now, in 2017, European stocks are handily outperforming the S&P 500 for the first time since 2012. Bullish investors point to the valuation discount of European stocks relative to the U.S. and improving economic fundamentals as reasons for the rally to continue.

How should an investor allocate across active and passive investments? It’s a challenging decision with numerous components, and for many investors, indexing has become a valuable starting point that leads to choosing to index their entire portfolio. But our analysis shows that for those who are comfortable with the characteristics of active investments, an allocation to active can also be a viable solution.

Investing evokes emotion, and even sophisticated investors should arm themselves with a long-term perspective and a disciplined approach. Abandoning a planned investment strategy can be costly, and research has shown that some of the most significant derailers are behavioral: the failure to rebalance, the allure of market-timing, and the temptation to chase performance.

A number of seismic shifts occurring around the world are likely to lead to different outcomes for investors in the decade ahead than those experienced by investors in the decade past. For investors, the important question becomes: “Am I positioned to take advantage of the changes happening in the world around me?

An increasing number of private clients are contemplating scaling back or exiting their fossil fuel-concentrated holdings as governments around the world fortify plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions amid heightened awareness around the negative effects of carbon discharges on global warming. Even as many investors have committed to the movement that is broadly referred to as fossil fuel divestment, many more have researched and decided to not pursue divestment at this time. Private clients should weigh all factors prior to making any decisions regarding divestment.