I am going to make an educated guess here. I have seen enough Minnesota company retirement plan menus in my career to know that following statement is true. The mutual fund options in your company 401(k) retirement plan menu are not very good. These mutual funds...
Every March my friends and clients guilt me into participating in their NCAA basketball tournament pools. The results are the same each year. After the first two rounds of games I have lost my entry fee and have no chance of winning anything. Filling out a tournament...
Warren Buffet is a very smart long-term stock market investor. In one of the many articles that I have read about him, I remember a great quote about the professional basketball player LeBron James. Mr. Buffett calls it the “LeBron James analogy.”...
This week, employees at large and small Minnesota companies are focused. The focus is not on their work. They need to fill out their brackets for this year’s NCAA college basketball tournament. Not many people are college basketball experts. Picking the winners of...
DALBAR is the leading financial services market research firm in the United States. The company provides great insight into individual investor behavior. A recent study from the company serves as a reminder to all Minnesota stock market investors. The conclusion of...
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...
