We face a number of financial risks in retirement.  And, when most people hear the word “risk” they automatically think about a stock market crash.  And while those events are possible, one threat always impacts our nest egg.  Every year, everything you buy read more

Last year was the first negative year (calendar year at least) in the US Stock market since 2008.  Are we in for a rebound or are we in for continued struggles? Most people are wondering what happens next.  We’ll look at some historical data to see if it offers an read more

Some years stocks go up.  And every now and then stocks go down.  And  one of the best ways we have found to help visualize how various types of investments behave is by using the asset allocation quilt.  Each major asset class is assigned a color, and each year, the pe read more

It is the time of year when we financial advisors look into our crystal ball and try to see what is going to happen next year.  If the big Investment Banks and brokerage firms can do it, why can’t we? Click on the video to watch.   As luck would have it, pred read more

The Dow Jones Industrial Average acts as a scoreboard for investors.  It provides an easy way for investors to tell whether the market has had a good or bad day.  But from time to time, investors need to recalibrate what those big moves mean.  After all, a 100 point mov read more

October was a difficult month for investors.  Both stocks and bonds declined during the month.  We also saw a return of extreme volatility in October.  Join us as we discuss how the investment markets performed last month. Extreme volatility returned in October after a read more