Tag: stock market
Apr 10, 2017
Watch 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 last. An article posted on...
Jan 16, 2017
Watch this video on YouTube You know we are in a long-running bull market when you see people at the gym keeping one eye on their smart phones to see if the Dow Jones Industrial Average has finally breached the 20,000 mark. With so much uncertainty at this time last...
Jul 5, 2016
Watch this video on YouTube “What do you think the future holds for the economy and stock market?” When someone asks me this, my usual answer is, “I have no clue.” My expertise is in personal financial planning and investing, not economics. Few...
Sep 14, 2015
Watch this video on YouTube A few weeks ago, when the US markets started dropping dramatically, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal called. He asked me if I had received any calls from worried clients. I told him I had heard from 5% of my clients. “What...
Aug 25, 2014
Watch this video on YouTube If you keep your life savings in certificates of deposit or a savings account at your local bank, that decision may be based on a common money script: “You can’t trust the stock market.” This belief about money can keep...
