The Worst Asset Class in 2017
Most people know that stock markets across the globe had a great year in 2017. Few people take the time to review what didn’t work in the past year. This chart from Deutsche Bank helps us visualize the returns (in…
Diamonds
I often meet people with investment accounts at Edward Jones, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, etc. When they learn that I am an Independent Financial Advisor the next question is usually this: “how are you different from my guy at insert…
Investing Trends – Floating Rate Bonds
Since the FED interest rate hike in December of 2016, floating rate bonds have caught the attention of bond investors. Floating rate funds are being sold to income investors as a way to make money in bonds during a raising…
Investing Trends: International Equities
As investors living in the United States, most investing “media” covers the US equities markets. When someone tells you “the market was up again today”, you may immediately think about the Dow Jones or S&P 500 indexes. However, US stocks…
The Stock Market Has Bounced, Now What?
Since the highs in July the S&P 500 had corrected about 14% – the Dow Jones fell even more. In September, just when things looked about to get worse, the market started moving higher and has not stopped. As of…