The Optimism Bias
– By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, November 30, 2020 I am currently reading a book titled “The Optimism Bias: A Tour of the Irrationally Positive Brain” by Tali Sharot (see below for Amazon link). The Optimism Bias is simply:…
The Election is Coming!
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, August 27, 2020 If you have not already heard, this is an election year. LOL. With the S&P 500 already precariously high (new ALL TIME high set on 8/24/2020), fierce campaigning and uncertainly surrounding…
Update – Refinancing Your Mortgage
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, August 17, 2020 This is an update to my post written on August 14th, 2019 – exactly one year ago. Since mortgage rates have dropped even further, I have updated this post with…
I Am a Bull
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, June 22, 2020 I am stock market bull. I have come to terms with that reality. I always thought I was impartial to the moves in the stock market like I was when…
What Now?
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, May 19, 2020 Fears of the economic effects of Corona Virus caused the S&P 500 to fall over 33% in about a month. March 23rd marked the low of the selloff – the…
SECURE Act and CARES Act
By: Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors, April 20, 2020 The SECURE Act and CARES Act were recently signed into law. They both have many moving pieces. For the SECURE ACT, I think the most important point for investors is…
Take Some Money off the Table
“time to de-risk” “the market is stretched” “time to take profits” “stocks are overbought” “the risk is worth more than the reward” “time to take some money off the table” These are all phrases that you hear when the stock…
Three Key Investing Charts for 2020
By Charles Brown, January 6, 2020 As the 2020 investing year gets going, I thought I would post a few of the charts* that I think are important for investors this year. This first chart is of the performance of…
Loaves and Fishes – Toasting For a Cause
By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors Last week (11/11/19) M. Brown Financial Advisors was the lead sponsor of “Toasting For A Cause” – a charity dinner benefiting Loaves and Fishes in Naperville, Illinois. Loaves and Fishes strives to provide…
Refinancing Your Mortgage – What to Consider
By Charles Brown, M. Brown Financial Advisors Interest rates here in the United States have dropped significantly in the last year. Yields on ten year US Treasury bonds have fallen from over 3% last November to less than 1.6% today…