There is a very dangerous trend the financial news media lately. I hope that I am not the only Minnesota stock market and company 401(k) investor who notices. The best way for me to find out is to post the following question in this blog post. Why on earth is...
I received an e-mail last week from a client who wanted to know what his adult child should do with her position in a gold mutual fund that she owned in her IRA rollover account. The stock market mutual funds that my client’s daughter owned were up around 15-20% in...
Many Wall Street and economic pundits tried to talk down the U.S. stock markets down in early 2013. They stated a long list of economic and political headwinds for the U.S. economy. Many of those concerns have come to pass. Interest rates have moved higher....
Everyone in Minnesota takes a summer vacation. Our kids get the whole summer off from school. I have some clients that you can’t tell if they are on vacation, working, or are not on vacation during the summer months. I have no earthly idea if the great U.S. stock...
The summer of 2013 is not over yet. We Minnesotans get at least a few more weeks of road construction and mosquitoes. The stock and bond markets in 2013 have been as volatile. I confess that even professional investment advisors are confused. All-time high stock...
The U.S. stock markets have traded at all-time highs this summer. For that reason alone, investment advisors should be in good spirits. But the majority of advisors I communicate with are as nervous right now as I can ever remember. Through my work with the “No More...
