Index funds are popular investment tools for good reason. They are low cost, effective ways to capture market return. Choosing to use index funds is only half the battle though; you must use them correctly to truly benefit.
You can’t have spring without spring cleaning. As you tackle your home, yard, and other spaces this year, your financial plan might also need to be spruced up. Here are a few tips to clean up your financial plan this spring.
Are you feeling the pain at the pump? What is driving oil prices higher?
We often get asked by clients about different ideas they heard from a friend, a new exclusive deal they got invited into, or, most frequently, a specific company or stock that a friend gave them the scoop on. The reality is that a lot of the “great ideas and deals” never amount to any real return, and many end up going to zero.
The month of January was marked by negative returns for global stock markets. But, as the well-worn phrase, “Is your glass half full or half empty?” implies, our view of, or the way we feel about the state of markets as investors, may be more related to our personal dispositions than what the numbers indicate.
Market declines are never enjoyable in the moment. But these kinds of intra-year pull backs are normal when looking at market history.
Tragically, we humans are, to put it bluntly, awful at wanting the things that will create the most meaning and satisfaction in our lives.
Are you making investment decisions in light of the game you really want to win?
You do not need to pick the next big winner in order to have a successful investment experience. As a matter of fact, behaving as if this were possible is an almost certain way to have a terrible investment experience. What are the hallmarks of a more successful approach?
2020 is a year we’ll all remember though in many ways we want to forget it.
A Q&A with Senior Lead Advisor, Phil Kruzan.
Unprecedented! That word had been used ad nauseam in 2020.
Homes are commonly thought of as investments. It’s easy to see why. For most of us, it’s the single biggest thing on our balance sheets for years.
This year has reminded us of the many important roles that fixed income can play in portfolios.
As this year exemplifies, stock markets have the tendency to do things we would never expect.
Aside from COVID-19, what represents the biggest risk for investors in the second half of what is turning out to be a historic 2020?
Since we were unable to answer all of the questions asked during the live webinar, we'd like to share some of the questions and answers in written form.
While I don’t think this approach is for everyone, I do think many of us would benefit from making some of these decisions.
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.
Probably only one thing is certain: The world is still full of surprises yet to be revealed. Is your portfolio diversified in preparation for the next one?
How have real estate investments been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent global lockdown?
