NEWS AND BLOG
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?
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
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
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
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...
IRS Makes Contribution Limit Changes for 2022
Talk to your financial advisor to help create the best financial plan for you The Internal Revenue Service announced that the amount individuals can contribute to their 401(k) plans in 2022 has increased to $20,500, up from $19,500 for 2021 and 2020. From...
Afraid of a Stock Market Correction? Get a Plan
Lately it seems as if every client or potential client I see asks about the possibility of a looming market correction. Investors are loving these good times, but they're smart -- they know the market runs in cycles, and the good times can't last forever. The markets...
Why a January Market Correction Might be Good
Market corrections happen about once every 19 months – and we’re at 19 After the stock market’s fantastic growth in 2021, many believe a pullback (or even a correction) may be a healthy thing. Such a drop is not horribly painful, by historical standards, and smart...
Plan Your Financial Future as You Do Your Health
Just as your health changes over time, markets change even faster Ever hear the phrase, “your financial health?” A good way to appreciate planning your financial future is to see it as akin to maintaining your physical health. The parallels are instructive. If you...
Understanding the Investor Fear Index: the VIX
The VIX has seen a downward trend so far in 2021 and for October Market pundits are always tripping over themselves trying to determine the exact direction and extent of the market’s future movements. And as we approach Halloween, the fittingly named “investor fear...