The markets often aren’t what they seem unless you keep your perspective … your long term goal … … not someone else’s goal or fears … not your short term needs for money (those shouldn’t be in the markets to begin with = poor plan for a short term goal) Here’s an entertaining video on […]
You know the shoe will drop someday … the markets will go down. Nobody knows when, but history shows they do. How much? Nobody knows that either. This said, many just wait and panic when there’s a sense the sky’s falling. There’s a better way to cope – and that’s to spend a little bit […]
See how $1 invested in the total U.S. market grew from 1927-2017—as well as what was in the headlines in Time Magazine. As the video shows, short-term news events generally have little long-term effect on the market’s continuing growth. Worth 3:12 of your time during those times when headlines make you nervous. There is no such […]
Below is a great summary about how most people try to invest in anything, let alone gold or commodities. Gold? Yep! Those become popular again when fear is in the air. But is popular the way to go? As soon as you change something, the popularity changes. If not gold, then it’s something else that fearful […]
There are 6 lessons that are timeless that we can learn from the Great Recession. These are important lessons that should not be forgotten with time. No matter what year it may be … these should be kept in mind. Now that the new year is starting … it’s a good time to review these short lessons […]
There are 6 lessons that are timeless that we can learn from the Great Recession. These are important lessons that should not be forgotten with time. No matter what year it may be … these should be kept in mind. Now that the new year is starting … it’s a good time to review these […]
There are 6 lessons that are timeless that we can learn from the Great Recession. These are important lessons that should not be forgotten with time. No matter what year it may be … these should be kept in mind. Now that the new year is starting … it’s a good time to review these […]
The past is not prologue for the future, however it is instructive to see how markets were affected by past government shutdowns. This USAToday graphic, Item # 6, shows the Dow index did go down. However, it also shows a recovery after the shutdown ended. The chart may help put any downward activity into a […]
It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future – Yogi Berra. Each year there are predictions about the following year. This is easy to do because few go back to check what someone said. Did someone get it right? Wow! – you might think. But wait … who is consistent? No body is consistent when […]
Feeling fearful? That emotion can be overwhelming at times because the rational part of our brains don’t have anything to hold onto. Here is a short video that discusses what Risk means (doing badly at times) and how long it historically has taken for market fluctuations to go back to normal after peak volatility (fluctuating values). Fearful? […]
