It was yet another weekend filled with Brexit talk and Game Of Thrones spoiler articles. Here's to hoping the media finds something new to talk about in the coming weeks! However, I was able to find a good amount of interesting articles over the weekend. With what...
One word can sum up today's headlines: BREXIT. The shocking news overnight that the UK has voted to leave the European Union is shaking up the media world! With such a HUGE global story that will ultimately end up affecting a large handful of countries all over the...
Fund investors may want to consider exchange traded funds. FSB suggested mutual funds should have the ability to lock up funds, or charge for withdrawals if cash is urgently needed in a crisis.
Over the last few days it's been tough to find news articles about anything other than 'Brexit', Congress, or the Presidential candidates. However, today did provide some great reads! (And only 2 Brexit articles, sorry) Here's what I've been reading this morning:...
Staying up to date on all the current events surrounding the financial world is key. With the enormous amount of content being produced every single day, some insightful and important headlines tend to go un-read. Here's a list of some articles I've been reading this...
Understand Your Investments This concept ought to be one of the very first rules investors (along with brokers and advisors) should commit to memory. There was an article in the Wall Street Journal today (June 21, 2016) discussing how the "SEC Readies A Case...
Changes to Money Market Funds have been coming since 2008 Investors in general are receiving mail about a (normally) pretty dry topic: Money Market funds. Really? Money Market funds? Is all this mail really necessary? Most individuals don't give "money market...
We get asked -- often -- "how can you be so sure about these charts? Look at what the market did yesterday! Are you sure we're doing the right thing?" Now, one of our favorite movies is "My Cousin Vinny" And when we hear these questions, it sounds a lot like the...
Co-founder of StockTwits, Howard Lindzon, recently wrote a post that really hit home for me. He talked about focusing on probabilities and its importance to investors: "I don’t believe in financial coincidences…there is only ‘inside information’ for the few and...
I've written before about average returns and how they rarely occur. It's great to look at long term market averages, but on a year-to-year basis, those averages should absolutely not be what investors expect. If you invest with the expectation of achieving average...
