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Why DIY Investment Management Is Such a Risk
- 04/30/19
Paying attention to the wrong things becomes all too easy.
If you ever have the inkling to manage your investments on your own, that inkling is worth reconsidering. Do-it-yourself investment management is generally a bad idea for the retail investor for myriad reasons.
[+] Full Article Are You Retiring Within the Next 5 Years? - 03/26/19
What should you focus on as the transition approaches?
You can prepare for your retirement transition years before it occurs. In doing so, you can do your best to avoid the kind of financial surprises that tend to upset an unsuspecting new retiree.
[+] Full Article
Paying attention to the wrong things becomes all too easy.
If you ever have the inkling to manage your investments on your own, that inkling is worth reconsidering. Do-it-yourself investment management is generally a bad idea for the retail investor for myriad reasons.
[+] Full Article Are You Retiring Within the Next 5 Years? - 03/26/19
What should you focus on as the transition approaches?
You can prepare for your retirement transition years before it occurs. In doing so, you can do your best to avoid the kind of financial surprises that tend to upset an unsuspecting new retiree.
[+] Full Article
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October 6, 2015 Talk about an economic stimulus plan – at least for the next generation of investors.
According to the Delta Dental® Tooth Fairy IndexSM, the average gift from the Tooth Fairy was a record-setting $4.36 in 2014. Total payouts for those pearly whites added up to an estimated $255 million... Read more »
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September 28, 2015 Three cases for how reactions to “headlines” affected clients during the downturn of 2008-09... Read more »
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September 18, 2015 In a tough time for equities, the Fed elects not to roil the markets. Read more »
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September 11, 2015 Fall might be anything but calm on Wall Street. Volatility is back, in a big way: the CBOE VIX has risen more than 105% since the end of July. Additionally, 11 of the 15 trading days ending September 9 were “all or nothing” days in which more than 80% of the S&P 500 moved either higher or lower. In the last 25 years, the index has not had a 15-day period like this.
Contrast that with the first 159 trading days of 2015, in which just 13 such days occurred according to Bespoke Investment Group research. In fact, during the first half of 2015 the Dow Jones Industrial Average was never more than 3.5% up or down YTD, on pace for the most placid year in its history. This turbulence may persist for several more weeks or months. How does an investor cope with it? It helps to put all of this recent volatility into perspective. Read more »
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