Everyone is asking the same question, “Where is the market going and what should I do?” The financial markets at home and abroad are a disaster, and the financial community says the same thing. “Diversify, buy value, buy tech, buy the dip, don’t buy the dip, go to cash, hold for the long term yada, yada, yada.” In the end, everyone has an opinion, and you know what they say…
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Should You Buy the Dip?
What everybody wants to know Is this a good time to buy the dip, hold your current positions, or go to cash? I’ve been in this business for over 30 years, and I have learned some tough lessons: Market timing is a fool’s game. People confuse being lucky for being good. Buying and holding for the long term is a strategy that, near retirement, can keep you working longer than…
Why I still hate annuities: Here are the reasons these investments are bogus (USA TODAY) by Ken Fisher
USA TODAY: Why I still hate annuities: Here are the reasons these investments are bogus by Ken Fisher “I’d die and go to hell before selling an annuity” (to you or anyone). You may have seen me on my firm’s long-running TV ads saying that. Over the top? Yep! That bluntness aims to cut through the soft, misleading, and in my opinion, near-criminal “guarantees” annuity firms have peddled for decades…
Will Diversification Survive Zero Interest Rates?
Will Diversification Survive Zero Interest Rates? July 29, 2020 Dominick Paoloni, CIMA®CIO & FounderPortfolio Manager, IPSAXAdjunct Professor, University of Denver& University of Colorado At the time of writing this article, 32% of the global government bond market and 24% of the global aggregate bond market trade at negative yields. Foreign money is pouring into US Treasuries as one of the last places on Earth offering positive yields. This huge…
