The Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 are back trading at all-time high price levels again. Stock market investors should be very happy that the summer of 2013 has not included any investment pain and angst. But like the Minnesota summer, the current stock...
Am I the only stock market investor in Minnesota who thinks this way? All you ever hear on CNBC is trade, trade, trade. The same reaction to any economic or company news is to “do something.” Most individual investors don’t care about the daily economic, political,...
I have a daughter that turned 16-years old in mid June. The day of her 16th birthday found the two of us in line at the Plymouth Driver and Vehicle Services office. She passed her Road Test. Her Minnesota Driver’s License is in the mail. My car insurance rate...
That cracking sound that you heard over the last two months may have come from one of our recent summer thunder storms. Or it could be the breaking of the retirement plan nest eggs of many Minnesota company retirement plan participants. Bond mutual funds have always...
The Minnesota summer is now in full swing. A ride on a roller coaster is a big part of the summer experience for many people. I want to remind you that a ride on the stock market roller coaster is not nearly as fun. Stock markets go up every few years to record high...
The public relations spin of the largest financial services companies in the U.S. continues to amaze me. Let me give you a recent example. The Vanguard Group recently released a study that states more individual company retirement plan participants are handing over...
