#WhatYouMissed On RIA: Week Of 12-16-19
We know you get busy and don’t check on our website as often as you might like. Plus, with so much content being pushed out every week from the RIA Team, we thought we would send you a weekly synopsis...
View Article2020: The Futility Of Predictions & Understanding The Risk
“Predictions Are Difficult…Especially When They Are About The Future” – Niels Bohr We can’t predict the future. If we could, fortune tellers would win all of the lotteries. They don’t, we can’t, and...
View ArticleMarket Melts Up As Fed Turns On The Liquidity Firehose
Market Melts Up As Fed Turns On Liquidity Firehose Opportunities In A Melt-Up 2020 – The Futility Of Predictions & Understanding The Risks Financial Planning Corner Sector & Market Analysis...
View ArticleStocks Vs. Bonds: Why We Own Them & You Should Too
Flip on CNBC, pick up a financial paper, or scroll a financial website and you will find a great range of materials discussing the stock market, hot stocks, bad stocks, stock trading tips, and stock...
View ArticleMarket And Investing Wisdoms For 2020
Last week, I posted our 2020 Outlook, which focused on the futility of trying to predict the future and the understanding of the current market risks headed into the next decade: “The reality is that...
View Article7-Simple Investing Rules Your Mother Taught You
When I was growing up my mother had a saying, or an answer, for just about everything…as do most mothers. Every answer to the question “Why?” was immediately met with the most intellectual of answers:...
View Article#WhatYouMissed On RIA: Week Of 12-23-19
This past week was our annual family ski trip, which is why our postings have been lighter than normal this week. We will return next week back with our full schedule. In the meantime, we know you get...
View ArticleSpecial Update: Market “Melt Up” Continues
Market Melt Up Continues Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud, Seeking Alpha Catch Up On What You Missed Last Week Market “Melt Up”...
View Article7-Difficult Trading Rules To Follow In Bull Markets
As we wrap up the last two-trading days of the decade, I am wrapping up the recent series on “investing rules” (see here and here). The purpose of this series is to remind investors of the importance...
View ArticleS&P 500 Monthly Valuation & Analysis Review – 1-1-2020
J. Brett Freeze, CFA, founder of Global Technical Analysis. Each month Brett will provide you their valuable S&P 500 Valuation Chart Book. This unique analysis provides an invaluable long term...
View ArticleAfter 20-Years Of Trading: You Learn You Know Nothing
You ever notice— That some memories tend to be stronger than others? What sort of things do you remember? You remember events in your life that had a lot of feelings associated with them. You remember...
View ArticleRobertson: The Fed’s Monetary Magic
Given the strong performance of stocks over the past year and the past decade, investors might be forgiven for enjoying a sense of calm. Regardless of what one might believe about underlying...
View Article30% Up Years – Should You Sell It?
The bull market turned in an impressive gain of over 30% (on a total return basis) in 2019. While not a rarity in market history, it certainly falls into the “outlier” category. Not surprisingly, the...
View Article#WhatYouMissed On RIA: Week Of 12-30-19
This past week was our annual family ski trip, which is why our postings have been lighter than normal this week. We will return next week back with our full schedule. In the meantime, we know you get...
View ArticleMacroView: Will The The Market Repeat The Start Of 2018?
“Don’t fight the Fed” That is the current mantra of the market as we begin 2020, and it certainly seems to be the right call. Over the last few months, the Federal Reserve has continued its “QE-Not QE”...
View ArticleMarket Flat In 2020 As Iran Trips Up Traders
Market Review & Update MacroView: Is This A Repeat Of 2018? Sector & Market Analysis 401k Plan Manager Follow Us On: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud, Seeking Alpha Catch Up On What...
View ArticleThe Next Decade: Valuations & The Destiny Of Low Returns
Jani Ziedins via Cracked Market recently penned an interesting post: “As for what comes next, is this bull market tired? Is a crash long overdue? Not if you look at history. Stocks rallied for nearly...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: Markets Dismiss Iran As The Fed “Put” Remains
You would think that with the U.S. taking out a top Iranian commander, threats of military action flying between the U.S. and Iran, not to mention the “Selective Service” website crashing over concerns...
View ArticleInvesting Versus Speculating
Value investing is an active management strategy that considers company fundamentals and the valuation of securities to acquire that which is undervalued. The time-proven investment style is most...
View ArticleMarket Bubbles: It’s Not The Price, It’s The Mentality.
“Actually, one of the dangers is that people could be throwing risk to the wind and this [market] could be a runaway. We sometimes call that a melt-up and produces prices too high and then if there’s...
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