Posts Tagged ‘stock market’
Monday, November 17th, 2008 by Cass Chappell, CFP®
"What can I do to capitalize on the current market downturn?"
A frequent recommendation, which affects most of our clients, is to consider increasing retirement contributions. If you can afford to increase ...
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Tags: 401k, Contributing to a 401(k), Investing, Matching contributions, max out, stock market
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Monday, October 27th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
Gas prices have been extremely high and unpredictable thus far in 2008. Several weeks ago I was travelling home from work. As I approached the gas station I pass nearly every ...
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Tags: bear market, discount, gas prices, investing for the long haul, Retirement Planning, stay the course, stock market, stocks on sale
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Friday, October 10th, 2008 by Cass Chappell, CFP®
On CNBC this morning, terms like "oversold" and "irrational pessimism" were uttered frequently. Countless charts and graphs showing stock prices and current yields were abundant (some of them were amazing!). Comparisons ...
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Tags: CNBC, Investing, irrational pessimism, market drops, market swings, Regression to the Mean, Reversion to the Mean, standard deviation, Statistics, stock market
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 by Cass Chappell, CFP®
Another slide from the JP Morgan "Guide to the Markets 3Q 2008" series.
Each color on the chart (click here for a bigger version) represents a different major asset class, year by ...
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Tags: Asset Class Returns, Balanced Portfolio, Investments, stock market
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Monday, October 6th, 2008 by Cass Chappell, CFP®
Yes No
With the recent volatility in the markets, investment companies have re-doubled their efforts in providing advisors like us with materials meant to "calm the nerves" of our ...
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Tags: Crisis, Investments, Market Timing, stock market, Volatility
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Monday, September 29th, 2008 by Cass Chappell, CFP®
As much as I would like to come up with witty things to say or profound ideas about investing that are fresh and inspirational, sometimes you just have to "borrow" it ...
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Tags: Investments, Market Volatility, stock market, stock market investing, Warren Buffett, Wisdom
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Monday, September 15th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
In the wake of the recent Olympic Games, I'm inclined to draw on the parallels between those fantastic events and the ‘not so fantastic' events that have unfolded in our economy ...
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Tags: Investing, Olympics, Retirement Planning, stock market
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Tuesday, August 12th, 2008 by Cass Chappell, CFP®
I saw this attachment the other day and felt compelled to share... If you had invested $10,000 in the US Stock Market (S&P 500 Index, which is unmanaged and cannot be ...
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Tags: Investing, Investor Fear, Procrastination, stock market
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 by Charles Mayfield, CFP®
In a recent ‘boys trip' to Biloxi for gambling, I had an experience that related directly to the market...and thought it appropriate to share my experience. My hope is that this ...
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Tags: Add new tag, emotional investing, Investments, money management, stock market
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