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Cinderella’s Castle

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Jon Evans
05/05/2017

ChatGPT & The Big 8 | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
06/12/2023

With the biggest tech companies regaining stock market leadership, it’s understandable why investors and the media are attracted to these stocks. However, it’s tempting to forget how these same companies’ stock prices performed in 2022. This week, Kent Kramer shares some investment lessons to be learned from this AI/big tech story.

Chart of the Month – October 2024

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Jack Davies
10/03/2024

Is stock market growth a thing of the past? Headlines making predictions about this have come and gone, some turning out to be spectacularly wrong. Let’s take a look.

Chart of the Month – Oct 2023

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Ryan Lamoureux
10/10/2023

Have you ever said to yourself “If I would have just bought that stock, I would be set!” Or “How did I not see this coming? I was watching this stock years ago!” Or maybe “I should have never sold that stock!”

Chart of the Month – Nov 2022

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
11/03/2022

The past fifteen years have been phenomenal for U.S. stocks. They've outperformed international stocks by close to 200%. Unfortunately, no one can predict when international stocks will outperform U.S. stocks, or vice-versa.

Chart of the Month – May 2023

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
05/04/2023

In investing, a key consideration is the time horizon. There is a general perception that investing is a risky proposition, but this risk can be mitigated by holding investments for longer periods. 

Chart of the Month – March 2024

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
03/07/2024

Many people are apprehensive about the markets, whether we’re in a bear market or a bull market. The fear of a market correction is always present.

Chart of the Month – June 2025

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Jack Davies
06/03/2025

Asset Class Returns – Can We Just Pick the Winners?

Chart of the Month – June 2024

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
06/06/2024

No one can time the market and determine when those best months will occur. The best months are surprisingly random. More important than timing the market is time in the market. 

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5 Important Ideas for Investors | Financial Perspectives (In a Minute)

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
09/25/2023

There's a lot of uncertainty in the world. Investors are asking, "What should I be doing in my portfolio right now based on what is happening in the world?" This week, Kent Kramer looks at five key investment ideas to help determine if your approach is reflecting the things that are most important.

2024 Looks as Uncertain as Ever | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
03/11/2024

The world is, and has always been, a surprising and uncertain place. This week, Kent Kramer dives into Foster Group's foundational investment principle #2: Embrace Uncertainty. He provides four positive reasons to embrace uncertainty and two big dangers of not embracing it.

2020: A Predictor’s Kryptonite

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
08/24/2020

At the end of 2019, Foster Group’s Investment Strategy Group wanted to create an object lesson to illustrate how hard it is to predict what will happen in financial markets and the world in general.

10 Obstacles to Investing – and How to Overcome Them

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Guest Blogger
11/29/2021

In the following article David draws on his years of experience talking with investors and academics alike to address some common hesitations all investors face from time to time.

“60% of the Time, It Works Every Time.”

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Reed Rinderknecht
09/16/2022

“But it’s different this time!” I wish I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this over the years. While it is true that the set of circumstances driving the market are always unique, the end result is almost always the same.

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