“A reasonable-level of anxiety is a sign that you take investing seriously and are on guard against complacency and overconfidence. Meanwhile, too much anxiety is…
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Investor Anxiety: Signs You’re Invested Incorrectly
Recession Signals that are Flashing Red
“There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen.” – Uday Kotak, founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank The gap between how people are feeling about the economy and what’s happening is bigger than the Grand Canyon. The soft...
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“This year’s top-performing mutual funds aren’t necessarily going to be next year’s best performers. It’s not uncommon for a fund to have better-than-average performance one…
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Fed Hikes and Bond Prosperity
“The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has considerable control over short-term rates. We have much less influence over long-term rates, which are set in the…
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U.S. and Everyone Else
“Emerging market economies have long grappled with the challenges posed by large and volatile cross-border capital flows.” – Jerome Powell, Chairman of the Federal Reserve….
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Fees Tied to Performance is Gaining Momentum
“The investment industry has long offered clients fees that have nothing to do with performance. That’s changing, but not nearly fast enough.” – Jason Zweig,…
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Ignoring Good Advice
“Small, seemingly insignificant steps completed consistently over time will create a radical difference.” – Darren Hardy, author of The Compound Effect Working with friends and family…
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When it’s Broken, Don’t Fix it
“The most important thing you can have is a good strategic asset allocation mix. So, what the investor needs to do is have a balanced,…
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The New S&P 500
We recently came across a do-it-yourself (DIY) investor, let’s call him Cecil. Cecil firmly proclaims he hates technology stocks and doesn’t feel comfortable owning Tesla, Facebook, Apple,…
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Q2: Risk On?
“Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves.”– Peter Lynch,…
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