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One of the most common investing mistakes is known as “chasing performance.” This occurs when investors base their buy and sell decisions primarily on how a mutual fund or asset class has performed during a previous short-term time period, such as la...

One of the biggest mistakes of many investors is making retirement investing decisions based on their emotions. Doing so can lead to buying high and selling low — which is the exact opposite of a successful retirement investing strategy.

The U.S. Presidential Election is just seventy days away now, and Americans across the country are paying attention to who will sit in the Oval Office for at least the next four years. The candidates offer a stark contrast in personality and backgrou...

Last week, the United Kingdom (UK) voted to leave the European Union (EU). This decision caught the markets by surprise, as many believed the vote would be close but not favor a leave.

Earlier this month, the Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited Conflict of Interest Rule, and the investment industry is still parsing through the language to gauge how it will impact business models.

This morning, the European Central Bank (ECB) introduced negative deposit rates and also cut its main refinancing rate to 0.00%. What this means is that European banks will have to pay the ECB 0.4% of any deposits that they hold with the central bank...

Last week I watched the two-part TV series, Madoff. The made-for-TV movie chronicles the exploits and downfall of notorious white collar criminal, Bernie Madoff, the manager of the multi-billion dollar hedge fund. Except that it wasn’t a hedge fund—i...

It seems as if the stock market ate at Chipotle and caught a norovirus to start 2016. December sales at Chipotle decreased around 30%, which is hopefully not what will happen to the stock market. But investors should be cautious and aware of the many...

For the past several weeks, the markets have been more volatile than usual. August saw the S&P 500 Total Return Index falling 6.26%, the largest calendar month decline since May 2012. This volatility was sparked primarily by concerns about China’...

As we're ending the second quarter earnings season, and getting ready for summer to end, investors are evaluating their portfolios for the rest of the year, and hopefully really for the next 3-5 years or longer. We haven't had this much volatility in...