by Robert Katch | Oct 14, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Investing
How should you invest in a down market? If you want a guidepost, let’s look back to the terrible, traumatic down market of 2008-2009. You’re going through relentless, daily and weekly losses (remember that?), and the feeling at the time was that the global economy had...
by Alan Hopkins | Sep 6, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Investing
Bonds are boring, right? Stocks jump up and down and all over the place, and over several years they might even jump 100% in value. Meanwhile, the bonds in your portfolio crank out predictable coupon yields quarter after quarter after quarter. If you’re bored by the...
by Robert Katch | Jul 1, 2019 | Economy & Markets, Investing
How to make sense out of the recent market behavior? We all experienced a painful decline in December 2018 before the markets took a sharp (and unexpected) about-face and delivered the biggest first-half-of-the-year in 20 years and the best quarter since 2009. The...
by Steve Scott | Jun 22, 2018 | Economy, Investing, Markets
This year, we have seen several days where stocks “sell off.” The losses in value are tough for most long-term, buy-and-hold investors to stomach. However, they are an entirely natural and necessary byproduct of a properly functioning marketplace. It all goes back to...
by Steve Scott | Jul 25, 2017 | Financial Planning, Investing
People love quotes from celebrities. Sometimes those quotes are brilliant and sometimes they are amusing. And sometimes they are neither… Here is a small collection of some of the best sayings by politicians, entertainers, and philosophers on the subject of money....
by Seth Catanese | Jul 11, 2017 | Financial Planning, Investing
Time is on our side: When it comes to saving and investing, the biggest advantage millennials have is time. This allows for a much longer period of growth and wealth accumulation. The earlier you begin to save and invest, the greater your interest will compound....
