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Now is the time to embrace all risks

March 30, 2022 by admin

Years ago, I stayed in a hotel on the Las Vegas strip where a message flashing on the big screen out front said “98% wild slots.” The sign was telling the public that the hotel’s slot machines paid out 98 percent of the money they took in, reducing the “house edge” to 2 percent. By …

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Best market advice now? Don’t look

March 16, 2022 by admin

I was asked this week for the best investing tip I could come up with for these wild times. My answer had nothing to do with the war in Ukraine, rising prices at the gas pump, the likelihood of interest rate increases or the stock market being off more than 10 percent and in correction …

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5 questions to ask before reacting to the market downtrend

March 4, 2022 by admin

Investors are struggling to put their finger on what has changed about the stock market of late. Yes, there’s war, the highest inflation we’ve seen in 40 years, the persistent promise/threat that interest rates are rising and more. Those economic and geopolitical events have driven the market down by more than 10 percent this year, …

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Don’t cut investment ‘flowers’ without looking at the whole garden

March 3, 2022 by admin

The most common advice investors have gotten thus far in 2022 seems to be: “This is a good time to rebalance your portfolio.” It started right around New Year’s Day, because plenty of people simply hold fast to the idea that the start of a new year is the perfect time to rejigger a portfolio …

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Hoping to avoid inflation? Make these moves

February 18, 2022 by admin

The talking head on my local morning news show was gabbing about how “Inflation is everywhere right now. It’s unavoidable.” He and his co-hosts complained about prices for steak and gasoline, the reduced size of standard packages of bacon that are hiding price increases, and more. It was standard chatter about inflation these days, it …

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Fortune may favor the brave, but logic favors caution

February 14, 2022 by admin

The value of Bitcoin has dropped roughly 30 percent since it was announced last fall that Matt Damon was becoming one of the faces of Crypto.com. It’s not the actor’s fault, of course, but it’s not what anyone expected when the site released ads starring the Oscar-winning actor. For proof, consider this exchange from characters …

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Can you actually ‘Keep calm and carry on’?

February 11, 2022 by admin

“Stick with the plan” is investment advice, financial strategy and part of the actual plan. That doesn’t make it easy or comfortable. With volatility up and the market down over 5 percent in January, and with higher inflation, rising interest rates, a global supply-chain crisis, international unrest, worldwide politics and more swirling around us, the …

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Dealing with the sum of all investment fears

February 2, 2022 by admin

While the stock market was off on a wild ride this past Monday, I took a break from the work day to check out one of my favorite sports websites. There, I found an “off-topic discussion” headlined “Is it time to go risk-off?” That simple headline – and the entire lengthy brouhaha that followed it …

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What your dog can teach you about investing

January 22, 2022 by admin

Freo, my golden retriever, turned 13 recently. That’s old for his breed. As he has aged, our relationship has changed. These days, it’s me waking him up every morning excited for the new day; on walks, it’s him letting me go off leash and wander while he keeps a close eye on me and awaits …

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How to deal with the 5 conditions most forecast for 2022

January 12, 2022 by admin

If you spent December reading or listening to the financial experts making forecasts for the year ahead, you could draw five conclusions about what to expect in 2022. We’ll see heightened inflation, higher interest rates, increased volatility, slower growth and lower investment returns. The specific predictions weren’t uniform or in complete agreement – it’s hard …

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