Five Lessons To Remember During Bear Markets

Five Lessons To Remember During Bear Markets

The Stock Market has been trying to teach these lessons forever…. The real value of a bear market may be that it gives investors, who are temporarily frozen within its grip, the opportunity to learn or relearn important lessons regarding risk and diversification. For...
Five Money Moves To Make With Your Tax Refund

Five Money Moves To Make With Your Tax Refund

Having a plan ahead of time will help ensure you use your money smartly If you have a refund check coming your way, consider using it to bolster your personal balance sheet. According to the IRS, the average refund will be about $3,300, and many receive the money...
Should You Invest All at Once or Over Time?

Should You Invest All at Once or Over Time?

With markets so volatile, the human element to investing is very important The market skyrockets one day, plunges the next. Is this the wobbling before the crash? Should you invest now? If so, how? Everything at once? That’s tempting, but not always wise. A common...
How To Measure Your Portfolio in Uncertain Times

How To Measure Your Portfolio in Uncertain Times

Making sure your investments help you towards your true life goals   Too often during uncertain times, we inadvertently compare ourselves to the people around us – and that leads us to make financial mistakes. In his book Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces...
Positioning a Portfolio for Additional Rate Hikes

Positioning a Portfolio for Additional Rate Hikes

What counts is how your money is invested now in anticipation of rate hikes At their recent March meeting, the Federal Reserve moved its fed funds target rate from near zero to a range of 0.25% to 0.50%. It was the first rate hike since 2018. But the Fed did three...
Market Volatility Can Stir Your Loss Aversion

Market Volatility Can Stir Your Loss Aversion

At the foundation of your financial well-being lies your behavior Here is a statement that is bound to cause you to raise your eyebrows: Your long-term financial success depends less on the structure of your portfolio than on your ability to adapt your behavior to...