Posts Tagged ‘Investments’
Three Strategies on How to Protect Your Retirement Nest Egg during this Market Downtown
“The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.” – Ben Graham As I write this blog on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 3:10pm CST, the Dow Jones Industrial average ended the trading day down 799.36 points (-3.10%)[i], the S&P 500 Index ended the trading day down by 90.31…
Read MoreOctober Effect. Where Do We Go From Here?
“October: This is one of the peculiarly dangerous months to speculate in stocks. The others are July, January, September, April, November, May, March, June, December, August and February.”- Mark Twain What a week. What a month so far. October historically has been a notoriously bad month for the market and this October has not…
Read MoreStock Market Jitters Part II
The recent stock market drops are creating jitters for millions of investors. With concerns around rising interest rates, trade policies and higher inflation now is the time to analyze your investment risk. Risk can be defined as possibility of loss or injury. Regarding investing, risk can be defined as the chance an investment’s actual…
Read MoreThree Investment Lessons from Diane Black and Randy Boyd
“You learn more from losing than winning…..” Morgan Wootten On Thursday August 2, 2018, residents of my state in Tennessee decided who will become the Democratic and Republican nominees for governor, U.S. Senate and a host of state legislative contests. Arguably the most watched contest of this election cycle was the coveted Republican and…
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