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What Are You Waiting For? | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
10/07/2024

This week, Kent Kramer discusses how the upcoming election is influencing financial decisions, with 63% of Americans deferring choices until after the results. Despite political uncertainty, markets have shown resilience, highlighting the importance of optimism and staying informed for navigating uncertain times.

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.

Are You Getting the Top 4% of the Market? | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
08/12/2024

How many stocks does it take to really move your portfolio? It's a surprisingly small number. This week, Kent Kramer is joined by Foster Group's Director of Investments, Michael Westphal, to help answer this question.

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. 

Embracing Uncertainty

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
04/23/2024

Educated optimism is an antidote for anxious uncertainty, and it can be of great help in enabling investors to embrace the uncertainty that is with us all the time.

Chart of the Month – April 2024

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
04/03/2024

Trying to time the market and choosing to sell in reaction to headlines tends to be a predictable mistake. There always seems to be a reason to sell. 

March: Predictable Madness and Markets | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
03/25/2024

In the NCAA tournaments, uncertainty and underdogs pulling off the impossible upset of a top-ranked team is a certainty. This week, Kent Kramer observes how we can learn from March Madness and apply those observations to investing.

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.

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.

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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. 

Embracing Uncertainty

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
04/23/2024

Educated optimism is an antidote for anxious uncertainty, and it can be of great help in enabling investors to embrace the uncertainty that is with us all the time.

Chart of the Month – April 2024

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
04/03/2024

Trying to time the market and choosing to sell in reaction to headlines tends to be a predictable mistake. There always seems to be a reason to sell. 

March: Predictable Madness and Markets | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
03/25/2024

In the NCAA tournaments, uncertainty and underdogs pulling off the impossible upset of a top-ranked team is a certainty. This week, Kent Kramer observes how we can learn from March Madness and apply those observations to investing.

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.

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.

Navigating the Noise: A Reality Check on Fearful Headlines

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Marcus Iwig
03/05/2024

Sometimes headlines are right, but remember they are created to get your attention, not necessarily to provide you with helpful information.

Basketball, Movies, and the Transformed Investor | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
02/26/2024

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.

Watch "Tune Out the Noise": https://film.dimensional.com
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Chart of the Month – February 2024

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
02/09/2024

Chart of the Month – January 2024

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Michael Westphal
01/17/2024

The “Gift” You Shouldn’t Open: Predictions | Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
12/11/2023

It's that time of year -- news outlets are gathering up nicely wrapped predictions and estimates on what the markets will do in 2024. This week, Kent Kramer analyzes how accurate, or inaccurate, these predictions actually have been in the past.

It’s Gotten Better – Expect it to Continue | Financial Perspectives (In a Minute)

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Accept Uncertainty
By Kent Kramer
11/27/2023

Coming off the Thanksgiving holiday, are you feeling optimistic? If you are an investor, you've likely answered the question with a "yes." This week, Kent Kramer explains why long-term optimism is justifiable in a world filled with bad news.

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