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What Does a Financial Adviser Do?
A common question that the majority of people are too afraid to ask is: what do financial advisers do? This week on the Mullooly Asset Management podcast Tom and Brendan will discuss exactly what a financial adviser does for their clients. On top of explaining what...
New York State Deferred Compensation Plan: Pro’s and Con’s of Loans
This video from Mullooly Asset Management contains last week's podcast about taking a loan from your New York State Deferred Compensation plan. The video contains informational slides that will allow you to better understand Brendan and Tom's discussion of the pro's...
Exchange Traded Funds (ETF’s): Learning More
In our last video Tom and Brendan discussed Exchange Traded Funds, what they are, and how they differ from mutual funds. This time Tom Mullooly explains how you can be very precise with what you own and how much you invest, how you can choose different sectors to...
New Quantitative Easing (QE3) Explained
This video from Mullooly Asset Management features a podcast from September 19, 2012 and a visual presentation. Topics covered in the presentation include the Federal Reserve, how it was created, and what its main functions are. The new round of Quantitative...
Point and Figure Charts for Dow Jones and S&P 500: July 25, 2012
Support Lines and Point and Figure Charts If you have seen my other video lessons on point and figure charts, you know that support lines often act like brick walls. And point and figure charts tend to drift down toward support lines and often (but not always) bounce...
Where is the Support Line for the Dow Jones
In this video, we take a look at the POWER of support lines. Some support lines will cause changes in your 401(k) if broken. Support lines often act like brick walls, meaning we tend to get a bounce off a support line. And it takes a LOT to break a support line. Here...
Are Interest Rates Really On Hold?
The Federal Reserve has announced they are "on-hold" through next year, and likely well into 2014. What kind of effect will that have on the stock market? Does that mean interest rates will stay low that entire time? Maybe not. The "bond market" will actually...
April 16 2012 Update – Stock Market Volatility
VIX and Stock Market Volatility I was so focused on getting to the stock market update in the video, I completely overlooked the very FIRST chart in the video (scroll down for the video below)! The chart (below) is the VIX Index as of April 16, 2012. You can...
Bull market behavior vs. Bear market Behavior
Big differences in the stock market behavior depends on whether the backdrop is bullish or bearish. Take a look: If you are relying on a blog post for specific investment advice, you are making a huge mistake. Please speak with an investment adviser before...
2012: First Quarter Roundup
Stock Market Comments 1st Quarter 2012 The First Quarter 2012 started with a bang - the stock market was up approximately 200 points on the first day of trading, and never looked back. Past performance may not be indicative of future results. Therefore, no...
Are Financial Stocks Rising From The Dead?
On a point and figure basis, from the viewpoint of a financial advisor, are Financial stocks -- and possibly the entire financial sector -- the modern day Lazarus, rising from the dead? What does this mean for a fee only investment advisor in New Jersey? This entire...
This High School Concept Can Help You Invest Smarter
It's true: Understanding the Bell Curve Can Help Your 401(k) I will stress again: there seem to be a LOT of people in the investment business who want to complicate the investment process. It does not need to be overly-complicated. A financial planner can help you...
A High School Idea Can Help You Make Better Investment Decisions
It really IS true: An Idea Learned in High School Can Actually Help You Make Better Investment Decisions Yes, some of the concepts discussed way back in high school CAN make us better investors. You do not need to be a financial advisor to understand them either! But...
An Over-Bought Market Condition
Over-Bought Market Condition: What does an "over-bought" or "over-sold" stock market mean?, or asked another way, managing your investments can be a full-time job. Here at Mullooly Asset Management, we use terms like "over-bought" and "over-sold" in regards to the...
Apple: Now What?
We've recived LOTS of calls and emails regarding Apple in regards to the stock market: "What do we do with Apple now?" "Should we be thinking about selling Apple stock?" "Is it too late to buy Apple?" All good questions. Take a look at this short video, and you will...
Point and Figure Charting: Not Just For Stocks
Point and Figure Charting is not simply for stocks, mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Of course, if you have an investment in your 401k or your retirement account at work, we would be happy to analyze the funds and investments in your account for you. But we can...
2 Semiconductor Stocks To Avoid Now
There are plenty of semiconductor stocks worth considering at the time of this writing (February 2012). Why do people keep asking about the WRONG semiconductor stocks to own now? If you have been a reader of this site, you know we employ point and figure charting to...
Bank Stocks Point and Figure Analysis January 2012
How healthy are the big banks? What kind of effects do they have on the stock market? No one knows the details, but we can get a pretty good idea of what investors think of banks, by simply looking at the point and figure analysis of the charts in this sector. In...
QQQ: PowerShares QQQ NASDAQ 100 Exchange Traded Fund
We have prepared a short video (less than five minutes) analyzing the current point and figure chart for QQQ, which is the exchange traded fund representing the NASDAQ 100 Index, issued by PowerShares. This ETF (exchange traded fund) invests in the index, which is the...
AUSAX: Columbia Acorn USA Fund
Is the Columbia Acorn USA Fund (symbol AUSAX) available in your retirement plan at work? AUSAX may be available in your deferred compensation plan or your 401k plan. In the many retirement plans I have reviewed, the Columbia Acorn Fund is one of the more popular funds...
