The U.S. stock markets have had their worst start to a new calendar year in history. Retailers have closed hundreds of stores and laid off thousands of workers. The U.S. economic outlook has dimmed. The Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 are both down about 12%...
The year of 2016 is only a few trading days old. Already the reality of the world’s stock markets is in stark contrast with the long-term views of most investment professionals. The investment professional pearls of 2016 investment advice have been rampant. If...
The recent stock market headlines, have been filled with large stock market losses. With those headlines come the predictable wave of financial service industry jargon. “Think long term.” Buy-and hold.” And my all-time favorite, “This is just another...
March 9, 2009 was the absolute bottom of this current stock market advance. Since that date, the U.S. stock markets continue to close near or at all-time price highs. The rising stock markets have made everything look better. Individual investment accounts and...
Most Minnesota stock market mutual fund investors don’t have an investment management strategy in place for a declining U.S. stock market environment. Buy-and-hold always works in a good stock market. The problem becomes buying-and-hoping on the way down in a bad...
