http://www.marketwatch.com/story/three-ways-to-calm-investors-churning-stomachs-2016-03-01?link=MW_RM With investors very nervous over the recent action in financial markets, I have been getting numerous calls from clients asking what they can do in order to smooth out the volatility. My first answer is to buy a bottle of Rolaids or Tums, and start popping a few of them every time you get […]
It’s Super Bowl Weekend. After nearly two weeks of incessant hype, in a few days the big game will be played. So what are you waiting for? Place your bets now on sites like bro138. This year’s big story is whether this will be the last game ever played by football legend Peyton Manning. It […]
Global stock markets are selling off quickly. The price of oil is heading to$20 a barrel. A wave of energy company debt defaults is around the corner. Chinese growth has stalled. A few European banks have called on investors to sell everything except for government bonds. 2016 will make the subprime crisis of ’08 […]
It’s hard enough to deal with the loss of a spouse on an emotional level. For many widows/ers though, their new financial reality can be even more intimidating. Even after losing parents, asset management is important even if you will not be in a mental state to do it. However, with the help of lawyers […]
One thing we have lost, that we had in the past, is a sense of progress, that things are getting better. There is a sense of volatility, but not of progress. – Daniel Kahneman, “Here we go again” North Korean nuclear test, a quickly slowing Chinese economy, Apple stock plummeting after iPhone production cut, rising […]
Market pundits including yours truly, have been talking about the Federal Reserve raising interest rates for what seems like an eternity. With rates at record low levels, it makes sense that the only direction they can go is higher. The question is not only when they will start to rise, but how investors should position […]
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/you-cant-predict-your-portfolios-futureso-do-this-instead-2014-12-23?fb_action_ids=10152443084336292&fb_action_types=og.shares “Trying to predict the future is like trying to drive down a country road at night with no lights while looking out the back window.” — Peter Drucker It’s easy to predict which way the market will move, correct? I have been inundated with client emails with doomsday articles on how the stock market […]
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/should-pre-retirees-lower-their-expectations-2013-12-23 Travel to Europe and the Far East. Take up golf. No question that with more free time your retirement years can be costly. I have been on the radio circuit of late promoting my book “Retirement GPS: How to Navigate Your Way to A Secure Financial Future with Global Investing” (McGraw Hill), and have […]
When meeting with prospective clients I try and get a feeling for how much risk they are willing to take. When I start asking about their risk profile the most common answer I hear is “conservative.” From my very unscientific study it would seem that the overwhelming majority of investors are conservative. But with over […]
