Selecting the Best Ingredients for Your Portfolio

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By Kent Kramer

11/26/2019

In this third piece of our series on building a better portfolio by thinking of it in terms of tastes, recipes, and ingredients, we’ll focus on the benefits of selecting better ingredients.

An Executive’s Financial Guide

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By Foster Group

12/16/2019

Our eBook, An Executive's Financial Guide, can help with your road map to retirement, as we show you new ways to make use of your wealth for purposes important to you.

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.

$1 Trillion!

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Avoid Predictable Disappointments

By Matt Moklestad

01/24/2020

Four companies have reached a market cap of $1 Trillion. What does this mean for your portfolio?

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. 

Living in Fear of a Market Downturn?

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By Foster Group

03/03/2020

Dimensional Fund Advisors’ David Booth on why you should change the way you think about investing.

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.

Good News About Portfolio Costs from DFA

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By Matt Moklestad

03/10/2020

Investors will benefit from a reduction in investment costs associated with funds managed by Dimensional Fund Advisors (DFA), effective February 28, 2020. 

Do Simple Better

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By Brad Rempe

03/27/2020

A focus on the fundamentals is not just good advice for the sports world. It applies to many areas of our lives and certainly our finances.

March 27, 2020 Financial Perspectives

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By Kent Kramer

03/27/2020

In this Foster Group update, Chief Investment Officer, Kent Kramer gives a financial recap from the past week and discusses portfolio rebalancing.

April 3, 2020 Financial Perspectives

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By Kent Kramer

04/03/2020

In this Foster Group update, Chief Investment Officer, Kent Kramer gives an investment recap from the past week and discusses bear markets, recessions, and recovery.

April 9, 2020 Financial Perspectives

Category: Investing » Foster Group Investment Principles » Align Purposes and Portfolio

By Kent Kramer

04/09/2020

Chief Investment Officer, Kent Kramer gives an investment recap from the past week and discusses portfolio positioning.

April 17, 2020 Financial Perspectives

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By Kent Kramer

04/17/2020

Kent gives a recap of the market over the past week including a look at the current state of unemployment. He also takes a look back at the past 20 years of asset class returns.

Concentration Can Be a Killer

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By Matt Moklestad

04/23/2020

Matt Moklestad gives a brief reminder of why diversification is important, especially in these volatile times.

April 24, 2020 Financial Perspectives

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By Kent Kramer

04/24/2020

Kent gives a quick recap of market performance so far this year and why it’s important for investors to stay invested. He also takes a look at the oil price shock and how oil and energy prices have affected the economy historically.

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?

Mutual Funds and ETFs: What’s the Difference?

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By Ryan Lamoureux

05/19/2020

There are structural differences between an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) and a mutual fund that can create advantages to using one over the other.

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.