Tag: S&P 500

Managing the Disconnect Between High Markets and Consumer Worry

In mid-May, the S&P 500 hit its eighth consecutive weekly gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit a record close two days in a row. In that same week, the University of Michigan reported that its index of consumer sentiment fell to the lowest level ever...

Can You, Too, Become an Investing Genius?

“I guarantee to make you an investment genius in six months. Send me $199, and I will reveal my secret.” Of course, I am not serious. Please don’t send me money. Please don’t send any, either, to other self-proclaimed “experts” who are serious about scamming you with...

What Not To Do In a Long Bull Market

What Not To Do In a Long Bull MarketWatch this video on YouTube March 9, 2017, was the eighth birthday of the bull market in the US S&P 500. In its lifetime it gained 314.4%, an average annual return of 19.4%. This raises a question as to how much longer it will...

Resist Temptation to Try to Beat the Market

Resist Temptation to Try to Beat the MarketWatch this video on YouTube Steve Forbes, editor of the well-respected financial publication Forbes Magazine, once said, “You make more selling advice than following it. It’s one of the things we count on in the...