“‘This time it’s different’ are the four most expensive words in the investing language.” Sir John Templeton Now is an excellent time to learn from your past Minnesota company 401(k) retirement plan investment management mistakes. The...
With two teen-age kids, there is no shortage of opportunities for me to interact with local parents. There is school, sports, or social events on my calendar every week. Many times during parent conversations, the topic of investing comes up. I know where all the...
The summer in Minnesota is a special time. When the weather gets warm and the kids and grandkids are out of school, even the most routine investment-management decisions become a bother. The summer of 2013 is fast becoming a high risk investment environment. Interest...
The year-to-date 2013 stock market gains have absolutely nothing to do with the investment management abilities of Minnesota stock market investors. It is just human nature to think that your investment management ability had something to do with your stock market...
I have heard multiple Minnesota individual investors that I have met with tell me about their deep seated feelings of their stock market investments being totally out of their understanding and control. There seems to be a nagging feeling by individual investors of...
Last Saturday, May 18, 2013, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a commencement speech to this year’s graduates of Bard Collage at Simon’s Rock in Barrington, Massachusetts. As part of my regular Saturday morning reading, I happened to come across the...
