"Don't do something, just stand there!" -John Bogle This happens often. The average intra-year decline of the S&P 500 is 13.8% per year. 2017 was an exception with the largest top to bottom drop being only 3% [1]. There have been 152 declines … [Read more...] about What to Remember When Markets Fall
Money Value of Time
"Investments have risks, they have returns, and they have costs. Everything else is marketing" -Rick Ferri Warren Buffett is currently 87 years old and has a net worth of approximately $73 billion. Let's say you poll 10,000 American thirty year … [Read more...] about Money Value of Time
What You Should Know About Bitcoin
In October 2008, someone using the pseudoname "Satoshi Nakamoto" published a whitepaper titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". The paper can be found here. To this day, nobody has identified the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Satoshi … [Read more...] about What You Should Know About Bitcoin
Ten Financial Mistakes to Avoid
There are not many secrets to financial success. Shortcuts to wealth may seem to present themselves at times and can be very tempting, but sometimes have quite the opposite effect than we desire. Being an avid reader of finance books, columns, and … [Read more...] about Ten Financial Mistakes to Avoid
Why You Shouldn’t Pick Stocks
Picking stocks can be fun and exciting. I've done it, most of you have as well. Fun and exciting does not necessarily correlate to investment success. In all the finance textbooks I had to read it never said anywhere that investing was supposed to … [Read more...] about Why You Shouldn’t Pick Stocks
Deep Risk
"It's not the snake you see that bites you." -Jeff Saut, Raymond James Chief Investment Strategist If it seems like the market has been an awfully smooth ride lately, it's because it has. Through August, the S&P 500 index has posted positive … [Read more...] about Deep Risk