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…
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…
Value Versus Growth – Time To Pick A Side?
I really try not to play the “value vs growth game” when managing client portfolios (think Exxon and AT&T when you hear “value”, think Apple and Amazon when you hear “growth”). I call it a “game” because games have winners…
Why I Don’t Watch CNBC Anymore
It was mid February 2016 and the S&P 500 was down almost 15%* from its recent high. The market action on this particular day was especially bad so I did what I always do – I turned on CNBC. As…
How To Handle Stock Market Crashes
My rule #1: Panic when others are calm, be calm when others are panicking. This rule served me well during my time on Wall Street – some of my best trading days occurred on days when “panic” was in the…