Most of us can improve our investment performance just by avoiding mistakes that cost us a lot of money. One mistake is having short-term focus. Don’t look at the day-to-day performance or focus on the short-term noise. And the best way to avoid mistakes is to use a financial adviser — not just to … [Read more...] about VIDEO: Focus on Avoiding Mistakes
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Video: Investment Lessons from the COVID Crisis
There will always be uncertainty about the future. However, investors that have done the best are the ones who had an investment plan and stuck with it. … [Read more...] about Video: Investment Lessons from the COVID Crisis
Video: Why Resilience is So Important
Work on building general resilience so that you can have resilience in times of financial, health and emotional crises. It isn’t always easy to stay calm when other investors are panicking. The best strategy in any time, up or down, is to follow your plan. It’s during a crisis that having a … [Read more...] about Video: Why Resilience is So Important
The Death of Equities – Re-visited
40 Years ago this week, Newsweek had one of its most infamous headlines: "The Death of Equities: How inflation is destroying the stock market". This was the cover headline August 13, 1979. The financial media and media in general are always trying to project fear into investors and this … [Read more...] about The Death of Equities – Re-visited
Stopping Future Mistakes – Running to Third Base
I coached Little League softball for young girls for a little over a decade in Allendale, NJ. I can still remember little Susie when she was nine years old and began playing softball for the first time. She was nervous and the uniform was always a little too big on her. She would roll up her … [Read more...] about Stopping Future Mistakes – Running to Third Base
Will Fed Raise Interest Rates? Don’t Follow the Doomed Frogs
A couple of summers ago, my family was vacationing in Woodloch Springs in Hawley, Pennsylvania. It happened to be a particularly hot stretch of summer weather. It was stifling and they had to bring out cold cloths to the golfers to prevent them from being overwhelmed by the heat. This allowed me … [Read more...] about Will Fed Raise Interest Rates? Don’t Follow the Doomed Frogs