On September 2, 2020, the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high of 29,100. As this is being written, the DJIA is only about 2% below that high-water mark. Let that percolate in your consciousness for a minute.
Investors can give many different answers to the question of why they put their money at risk in the capital markets, but it can be boiled down to just two: We invest to either grow our capital so that we may spend (or gift) it in the future or to produce current income to help support our lifestyle. These two goals have historically suggested two different investment strategies: investing for long-term growth (stocks) or investing for income (bonds). In this month’s blog, we will discuss a third approach, total return investing. Before doing so
You’re probably well aware that car insurance rates for young people are very high. This isn’t surprising, given that they’re inexperienced and more likely to get into accidents. They may be able to drive a car, but there’s a difference between that and really knowing how to drive a car. They have to think about split-second decisions, whereas an experienced driver does so automatically.
Have you ever observed a rock or a pebble being thrown into a pond? At first, the waves that result are fairly large, but eventually, they subside and the water flattens out. The stock market shares some similarities, in that it can have a really big wave, either up or down – but over time, it evens out.
When you think about how crazy, unsettling and unprecedented this year has been so far, in so many ways, it is truly remarkable that the U.S. stock market, as represented by the S&P 500 Index, is down only 3% for the first six months. That includes, of course, the stomach-wrenching market drop of 34% in a record 33 calendar days between the high on February 19th and the trough on March 23rd.
Ready! Set! Reinvent! That’s the title of our new two-module, 12-lesson course on the topic of pre-retirement. Retirement is something that requires a lot of planning, and if you’re thinking you will be retiring in the next few years, there are five key things to consider to help you plan.
Charlie Munger, longtime business partner of Warren Buffett, was recently interviewed by Wall Street Journal’s Jason Zweig posted on April 17, 2020. In it he said
Almost everyone I talk to says the same thing: “These are crazy times” (or something similar). It seems that many of us have a hard time wrapping our heads around this global pandemic. We don’t know quite how we should feel about the constant stream of COVID-19 news. It’s an eerie feeling. We feel out of control, helpless.
Board games and card games can be a whole lot of fun, and they can be especially appealing when you’re looking for something to do on these cold winter nights, but don’t want to leave the house. Of course, they’re not very much fun if you’re playing with the wrong set of rules or if you’re just confused about how to play the game.
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