Have you noticed the stock market volatility lately? Hard to miss with the media onslaught of coverage. Below is a video entitled Tuning Out the Noise from our investment partner Dimensional Fund Advisors (Dimensional) to help bring some perspective to the current situation. Tuning Out the … [Read more...] about Turning Out the Noise
stock market Volatility
Recent Market Volatility
After a period of relative unusual calm in the markets, in recent days the increase in volatility in the stock market has resulted in renewed anxiety for many investors. Last year US stock markets experienced the least volatile year on record, hitting new highs seemingly every day. However, from … [Read more...] about Recent Market Volatility
5 Great Quotes on Investing and How They Apply to You
We thought the following quotes from some of the most successful money managers might be useful to get the extra confidence needed to stay with your long-term plan as the markets exhibit the usual up and down movements. The key word in the first sentence being the “usual” volatility as stock … [Read more...] about 5 Great Quotes on Investing and How They Apply to You
Stock Market Earthquakes
My daughter Kathryn recently moved out to Berkeley CA to continue her schooling at the University of California @ Berkeley. Within the first few days after her arrival, the San Francisco area was hit by a small earthquake. As she grew up on the East Coast and was unfamiliar with any … [Read more...] about Stock Market Earthquakes
Living with Volatility, Again
Volatility is back. Just as many people were starting to think markets only ever move in one direction, the pendulum has swung the other way. Anxiety is a completely natural response to these events. Acting on those emotions, though, can end up doing us more harm than good. There are a number of … [Read more...] about Living with Volatility, Again