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Category Archives: Investments
2012 Review: Economy and Markets
The following article was written by Bryan Harris of Dimensional Funds. I thought it did a great job of summarizing 2012 from a markets standpoint. Throughout 2012, nervous investors did not have to look hard for reasons to avoid the financial markets. … Continue reading
Posted in Investments
Tagged Business, Emerging markets, Financial market, Greece, Portugal, Stock market, United States, World economy
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New Year’s Investment Resolutions
It’s that time of year when many of us think about establishing one or more New Year’s resolutions. This often means committing to improving one’s lifestyle by losing weight, exercising more, or drinking less. Some investors could probably benefit from … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Planning, Investments
Tagged Apple, CNBC, ESPN, Health, Investor, Jim Fixx, New Years Resolution, Winston Churchill
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Balancing Your Fixed Income Decisions
Fixed income can play an important role in a portfolio. But its role may vary according to an investor’s financial needs and concerns. For example, many investors look to fixed income for safety, income, and more stability in their portfolios. … Continue reading
Fiscal Cliff
We’re hearing a lot about the fiscal cliff in this post-election time period, and surprisingly, considering the angry partisanship of the campaign, some of the news is encouraging. The White House and Congressional leaders, elected officials from both sides of … Continue reading
Q3, 2012 Markets Review
It seems like every quarter we find ourselves saying the same thing: what a difference a quarter makes! In the first two months of 2012, the U.S. stock market was recording excitingly positive returns. The U.S. economy seemed to be … Continue reading
The Death of Equities, Revisited
I thought the following article by Weston Wellington, Vice President at Dimensional Funds was well done. June 26, 2012 A recent article appearing in the Financial Times caught our eye—or perhaps we should say ear. At first glance it was unremarkable—just … Continue reading
Q2, 2012 Markets Review
For those who watch the investment markets, the first half of 2012 was a strange and somewhat harrowing experience. The first four months of the year saw American stocks zoom upward by almost 10 percentage points, building on one of … Continue reading
The Cost of Safety
I thought the following article by Jim Parker, Vice President at Dimensional Funds was well done. Investors are now so risk averse they are willing to pay the German government to look after their money; not a risk-free return, but … Continue reading
Q1, 2012 Markets Review
Who could possibly have guessed? After all the discussion in the press about the long economic slowdown, last year’s downgrade of American sovereign debt, talk of double-dip recessions and looming crises in Europe and China, the U.S. investment markets turned … Continue reading
