Financial Planners
With the recent attacks in Israel on everyone’s minds, our partners at Clearnomics put together this excellent piece on how past events like this have played out in the economy and markets. On the morning of Saturday, October 7, Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel killing hundreds and plunging […]
Back around 2001 when I was just getting started in the financial advice business, the advisor with whom I worked kept a Magic 8 Ball, the future predicting toy, on his desk. When clients would ask him to make any sort of prediction, he would pick up the ball and […]
The first quarter of 2023 was largely positive for the markets, but not positive enough to make up for the frustrating previous 12 months. While inflation still appears to be slowing, there is plenty of uncertainty around interest rates and the Federal Reserve’s ability to slow the economy just enough […]
We have the messy year that was 2022 in the rearview mirror and we’re looking ahead to 2023. Inflation, Federal Reserve interest rate hikes, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drove the markets last year. If you’d like to hear our podcast episode on this topic, click here. As we look […]
https://media.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/content.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/Kitchen_Table_104.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Well, we can all agree that the stock market was not pretty in 2022. What is in store for 2023? Check out the Quarterly Investment Commentary – Q4 2022 from Eastbay Investment Solutions. We received a couple of email questions recently about the […]
The term bubble gets thrown around a lot by market commentators. Pessimistic bears tend to say the market is in a bubble whenever it has gone up since their bearish nature leads them to expect it should be down. But what is a bubble, and how should we use the […]
https://media.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/content.blubrry.com/kitchen_table_finance/Kitchen_Table_92.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadWhat is a marketing timing strategy for investing and does it work? Join Nick and Dave as they talk about marketing timing and their thoughts on it. People often ask us if they should sell their stock investments and “wait until the market is […]
There is no denying that the market has been lousy for the first three quarters of 2022. While frustrating, the market goes through these periods regularly, and when they happen patience and remaining invested are the best medicine. However, when the markets hand us lemons there often is the opportunity […]
It’s an often–repeated cliché about the markets: Stocks are the only thing Americans do not like to buy on sale. When the markets fall, people cut back on contributions to retirement accounts and repeatedly miss out on a golden opportunity to buy shares at low prices. The concept is simple: […]
The last two years have created a perfect storm for inflation. During the Covid Pandemic, most of the economy came to a full stop, disrupting the production of goods and materials. As the economy reopened, demand surged while production had not caught up. The pandemic also led to changes in […]
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