A Great Reminder
“Torn as we all are between greed and fear, we tend to do just the wrong thing. When the economy is sinking fast and stocks faster, we get more and … Read More
Good days follow bad days: How to keep from missing the Market’s biggest returns
If the stock market were a person, you would not want to be around them very much. Imagine a friend who reacts unpredictably to every major piece of economic news, … Read More
Reflections on the Downturn
The stock market suffered an ugly downturn on Friday. Chances are, you knew it was coming. In fact, so did we. Come again? Pretty much everybody knew that sometime, someday, … Read More
When to view charts and graphs with healthy skepticism
Pictures help us make sense of data. For example, when paleontologists unearth a single tooth, they can tell a lot about the animal it came from, including whether or not … Read More
A market correction does not mean a negative market year
You may not remember them, but there have been corrections in the U.S. stock market of between -3% to -48% during every single year of the last 42 years. The … Read More
The Crisis at Hand
At a time when many investors have become antsy about the U.S. stock market, one thing we did not need was an aggressive military incursion in Europe. But that’s what … Read More
War in Europe?
For most of us, it’s a little hard to believe that Europe might soon be plunging into another war. But the prospect is hard to ignore now that Russia has … Read More
Retirees Spend a Lot of Time and Money to Buy Their ‘Forever Home.’Then They Sell It.
Check out this article from The Wall Street Journal. Written by Beth DeCarbo | Photographs are by Zack Wittman for The Wall Street Journal and can be viewed by following … Read More
When it comes to investing biases, some are harder to overcome than others
It’s not controversial to say that investing biases can hurt the performance of your portfolio. Most investors would agree. And yet by its very nature a bias—an unreasoned opinion—will often … Read More
Puerto Rico Exits Bankruptcy
Written by: Robert Veres Did you know that a major U.S. territory had filed for bankruptcy? On January 19, a federal judge approved a plan to restructure billions of … Read More