Embrace Uncertainty!
Category: Investing
We may not like uncertainty, but we need to understand and embrace it to keep ourselves positioned for both survival and success.
Elections and Your Money Q&A
Category: Investing
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.
Elections and Your Money Part II: Post-Election
Category: Investing
In this Q+A-style webinar, Kent Kramer and Jason Brown addressed: Questions arising from the November 3rd election, what has, hasn’t, and could change as a result of our country’s decision, and how investors should respond to the uncertainty surrounding the election.
Elections and Your Money
Category: Investing
Kent Kramer and Jason Brown discuss the potential tax implications of either political party being in office and how the market and economy have performed historically in election years.
DraftKings Knows More About You Than You Know About You
Category: Investing
For 12 seconds, consider what a company knows about you and their own profitability if they are willing to offer you a $500 risk-free bet to get started. That’s what DraftKings just promised me in a commercial. Sounds awesome, doesn’t it? OK, the 12 seconds are up. What did you come up with?
Does Your Workplace Cultivate a Championship Team?
Category: Investing
I recently listened to a podcast called, “Invest Like the Best, with Patrick O’Shaughnessy”. The podcast is based on an article written by Michael Lewis in the New York Times Magazine back in 2009, about Shane Battier, a professional basketball player who was the ultimate teammate.
Does War in Israel Mean Market Meltdown? | Financial Perspectives (In a Minute)
Category: Investing
It is hard to escape the news of war in Israel. And it is not unusual for investors to wonder about possible impacts the war may have on markets. This week, Kent Kramer analyzes returns of foreign and US stock markets during years when Israel has been at war.
Does Cash Look Better Than Stocks? | Financial Perspectives (In a Minute)
Category: Investing
With interest rates as high as they've been in 15 years, some are asking, "Are stocks necessary, or even advisable, for investments today?" This week, Kent Kramer looks at how cash vs stocks have performed over the years and shares important lessons learned.
Do You Have an All-Weather Portfolio?
Category: Investing
While no portfolio is designed to perfectly handle every scenario, we believe that thoughtful planning, combined with evidence-based portfolio construction, can help investors achieve a higher probability for long-term success in various market conditions.
Beyond Traditional Investments Video
Category: Investing
Are alternative investments right for you? Matt Moklestad shares some things to consider when looking into this asset class.
Beyond Traditional Investments
Category: Investing
Are alternative investments right for you? Matt Moklestad shares some things to consider when looking into this asset class.
Being a Counterintuitive Investor – Do Stock Markets Follow GDP?
Category: Investing
It turns out GDP growth rates and stock market performance are not highly correlated in the way we would expect.
Bear Markets and Life Jackets
Category: Investing » Asset Allocation
For anyone invested right now, it feels like we’re sinking. But just as boats have lifejackets to keep you afloat, your financial life should have its own lifejackets in place to help keep you from sinking in bear market times like these.
Basketball, Movies, and the Transformed Investor | Financial Perspectives
Category: Investing
In this week's edition of Financial Perspectives, Kent Kramer covers everything from basketball and movies to Nobel Prize winners and a unique investment journey with Dave Butler, Co-CEO of Dimensional Fund Advisors.
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Baseball and Investing: Managing Behavior for Success
Category: Investing
Money is emotional and our “news” cycle is a catalyst. Investors react to what they hear and how they feel, oftentimes to their own detriment.
Barbell Portfolios Can Be Hard To Hold On To
Category: Investing
Barbells work great at the gym because they put weight on a bar in such a way that it’s balanced, leaving room in the middle for someone to use it to workout. We often see portfolios that are designed like a barbell at the gym: lots of risk in one account and lots of cash or very short-term securities in another. In aggregate, it might produce some balance, but the reality is that it can create some real challenges.
August 9, 2021 Financial Perspectives – ESG Investing Pt 2
Category: Investing
In part two of our two part series on ESG Investing, Kent Kramer and Matt Moklestad dive deeper into how you can practically implement an ESG strategy.
August 24, 2021 Financial Perspectives
Category: Investing
Is it possible to be too smart? Can a problem or set of circumstances be overanalyzed? Is there such a thing as too much information? There’s some evidence out there that this is indeed possible! Kent Kramer shares our perspective on what’s been happening in and around financial markets recently and what we think successful investors should be thinking about – without overthinking it!
August 21, 2020 Financial Perspectives
Category: Investing
0:50 - In the News: August 10th - August 21st
2:46 - What Is “Aseasonality” and Why Can It Lead to Impatience?
4:30 - Historical Disruptions
5:50 - Behavioral Biases: Why Does This Seem So Bad?