Category: Stock Market

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2020: The Year in Review

“May you live in interesting times,” purportedly the English translation of a traditional Chinese curse, may very well be the best expression to summarize 2020.

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Presidential Elections and Market Returns

“Has it been four years already?”  That questions is a popular refrain heard frequently as our nation readies itself for our next Presidential election on

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Does a Recession Mean Negative Returns?

As many industries and economic sectors shut down earlier this spring in concerted efforts to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, many economists opined that

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Market Volatility and the Coronavirus

For many investors, the greatest impediment to financial success is their failure to control two powerful emotions:  fear and greed. Fear and greed can distort

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Why Value Investing Still Matters

One of my favorite activities in my career as a financial planner is meeting with clients for review sessions.  These review meetings give us an

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2019: The Year in Review

Despite a gloomy outlook at the onset of the year, 2019 proved to be a stellar year for investments and a strong year for the

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Stock Pickers Fared Poorly Again in 2018

With equity markets experiencing levels of volatility not seen in recent years, 2018 was widely viewed as an opportunity for stock pickers and other active

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Remembering John Bogle

The investing world lost an innovator and advocate for small investors everywhere when John Bogle passed away on January 16, 2019 at the age of