Satisfying Your Tastes and Preferences for Investing and Dining

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By Kent Kramer

10/18/2019

If you were asked to describe what you liked about your favorite food, where would you start? If you were asked to describe what you would like in your investment portfolio, what would you emphasize?

Embrace Uncertainty!

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By Kent Kramer

12/30/2019

We may not like uncertainty, but we need to understand and embrace it to keep ourselves positioned for both survival and success.

Recent Market Volatility: Coronavirus Worries Are Only Part of the Story

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By Kent Kramer

02/03/2020

In addition to the coronavirus, other sources of investor uncertainty include global economic growth, the UK finalizing their Brexit negotiations, trade negotiations between Europe and the US, President TrumpÆs impeachment and ongoing Senate trial, and 20

How Elections Affect the Market

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By Kent Kramer

02/28/2020

A bit of history helps bring some perspective to trying to read too much into the influence of elections on stock markets. 

Coronavirus Worries Drive Economic Uncertainty and Stock Market Declines

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By Kent Kramer

02/28/2020

Investment markets around the world have been declining sharply this week in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. 

Webinar Replay: Prediction, Expectation, Speculation, & Preparation

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By Kent Kramer

03/06/2020

Foster Group's Chief Investment Officer, Kent Kramer, explains how to position both your investments and your thinking to better avoid predictable disappointments.

Four Ways to Connect with Foster Group

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By Emily Appelgate

04/29/2020

How can you stay connected financially during this time?

Grow Through What You Go Through

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By Nikki Nee

05/22/2020

While this time has been incredibly difficult for so many, I hope that people look back on this time and remember the lessons they learned rather than the struggles they suffered.  

What I Think About When Working From Home

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By Walt Mozdzer

05/29/2020

In the blink of an eye, it seems, our lives have taken a major turn, because of a sneaky, harmful, invisible germ. The concept of uncertainty is real and palpable.

How Elections Affect the Market

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By Kent Kramer

02/28/2020

A bit of history helps bring some perspective to trying to read too much into the influence of elections on stock markets. 

Coronavirus Worries Drive Economic Uncertainty and Stock Market Declines

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By Kent Kramer

02/28/2020

Investment markets around the world have been declining sharply this week in response to the Coronavirus outbreak. 

Webinar Replay: Prediction, Expectation, Speculation, & Preparation

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty

By Kent Kramer

03/06/2020

Foster Group's Chief Investment Officer, Kent Kramer, explains how to position both your investments and your thinking to better avoid predictable disappointments.

Four Ways to Connect with Foster Group

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty

By Emily Appelgate

04/29/2020

How can you stay connected financially during this time?

Grow Through What You Go Through

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By Nikki Nee

05/22/2020

While this time has been incredibly difficult for so many, I hope that people look back on this time and remember the lessons they learned rather than the struggles they suffered.  

What I Think About When Working From Home

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By Walt Mozdzer

05/29/2020

In the blink of an eye, it seems, our lives have taken a major turn, because of a sneaky, harmful, invisible germ. The concept of uncertainty is real and palpable.

Diversification: Preparing for the Next Surprise

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By Kent Kramer

07/14/2020

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?

2020: A Predictor’s Kryptonite

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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.

Elections and Your Money Q&A

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By Kent Kramer

09/22/2020

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.

The Biggest Risk to Investors Remaining in 2020?

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By Kent Kramer

10/02/2020

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? 

Georgia, Political Majorities, & Markets

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By Kent Kramer

12/21/2020

Unprecedented! That word had been used ad nauseam in 2020.

While You Were Sleeping

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By Ryne Oller

01/26/2021

Imagine that you fell asleep at the beginning of the year and woke up at the end of 2020. When you wake up, there are some things that would immediately feel different.