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The Importance of Staying Invested
April 7, 2020
Hindsight is 20/20. Looking forward is tough.
It's only natural to feel that it would be smart to sell and avoid drawdowns, maybe wait for the dust to settle, and then get back into equities when the skies clear.  Even when hindsight convinces investors that they knew what ...
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How A Balanced Portfolio Protects...
April 1, 2020
It’s stunning how quickly everything has changed in the past few weeks. As the coronavirus outbreak has continued to spread, so have local mandates to stay at home, which has put a strain on all of us. One thing that fascinates m...
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The Coronavirus Stimulus Package
March 27, 2020
Changes to Retirement Accounts Adding Flexibility for Investors
Today President Trump signed into law a new bill that provides over $2 Trillion dollars of stimulus to the United States economy and provides some important flexibility for investors. Unique Changes to Retirement Account Rules...
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Crises and Long-Term Performance
March 25, 2020
A Long-Term Perspective
Crises occur.  Sometimes they are predictable due to a buildup of excesses (e.g., The Tech Bubble circa 2000 and the Global Financial Crisis circa 2007-2009), and sometimes they occur due to unforeseen and unpredictable events.  T...
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Stock Market Contractions and...
March 20, 2020
Endurance Has Paid Off
There have been 8 market contractions and expansions since 1973 with declines over 10%. In this 9th contraction, we don't know when things will improve, but we can see from the chart that investors that maintained confidence and...
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Downturns and Recoveries
March 17, 2020
The U.S. Market Recovery after Financial Crises
If you are an investor, the current market volatility is certainly front of mind.  Today we share a Morningstar® graph illustrating the amazing recovery of the U.S. Markets after past financial crises. U.S. Market Recovery A...
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Update on COVID-19
March 13, 2020
March 12, 2020
You may be asking yourself how do I weather the storm we are in today? Our answer is simple. Stay calm and invest wisely. With the equity markets having their biggest one-day decline since 1987, we wanted to give you an update on...
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Tax-Loss Harvesting
February 28, 2020
The Upside to a Down Market
There are two things on many investors’ minds at the moment: the looming tax deadline, and the current state of the stock market. Neither can be avoided. (I sometimes wonder if the old saying should be revised to, “Nothing is cer...
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Risk Aversion – Is It a Fad...
February 27, 2020
The Spreading Concerns from the Coronavirus
With all of the angst appearing in the financial markets, the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has finally made its mark in history as probably one of the most talked about subjects on social media. We have read quite a bit about the...
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January 2020 Newsletter
January 31, 2020
Contagion: Should the Coronavirus Give Investors Pause?
As the market attempts to sustain the fever pitch of 2019 into the new year, a deadly epidemic has struck across the globe threatening to put a halt to the seemingly secular growth we have become accustomed to in the United...
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