In our fourth quarter letter, we advised clients to remain invested in the market despite the temptation to sell and go to cash. Since that time, the S&P 500 recouped much of the fourth quarter sell-off and closed the [...]
This may surprise you, but humans are not always rational in how we make financial decisions! In the past, economists thought that humans only looked at financial issues from an entirely rational perspective. However, in more recent years, a [...]
Seven words describe the 2018 equity markets: An escalator up and an elevator down! The fourth quarter of 2018 proved to be challenging with the S&P 500 retracing more than it gained during the first nine months of the [...]
Here’s a party we can all agree on… U.S. equity markets had a fantastic quarter, with the S&P 500 rising 7.7%, nearly tripling the return of the index’s first-half return of 2.6%! Driven by year-over-year quarterly earnings growth between [...]
One of the most fundamental principles of portfolio theory is diversification. Diversification is a powerful risk management technique which spreads investments across different geographies, asset classes, or sectors. It lessens the impact any one investment can have on a [...]
Both brokers and investment advisors are licensed professionals who assist investors with their financial goals and objectives. Brokers are regulated by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) while investment advisors are regulated by either the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) [...]
If you plan to drive to your summer vacation destination, it’s unlikely that you will set the cruise control at 70 mph and only decelerate upon arrival. Curves in the road, construction zones, and that slow driver that won’t [...]
With the recent increases in interest rates, many investors begin to question their allocations to fixed income. These questions and doubts are not without reason: bond values move in the opposite direction as interest rates, so if rates continue [...]
First quarter market gyrations demonstrated the extremes of investor sentiment from the “fear of missing out” tothe “fear of losing.” The former was evidenced in January, with a 5.8% rise in the S&P 500 followed by the latter inFebruary with [...]
We all know markets go up and markets go down, but the recent decline in both equity and fixed income markets can be unsettling. During times like these, it is helpful to review the underlying aspects and new developments [...]
