December 20th, 2017

Stress-Test Your Portfolio With This Checklist

Better Money DecisionsDec 4

Don’t let 2017’s big market gains fool you, maybe it’s time to stress-test your portfolio to determine how it would fare in a bear market. The practice can help identify potential trouble spots.

Do You Have Any Clue About Your Expected Return?

Better Money DecisionsNov 23

The trading systems, in a bid to be more user-friendly, claim that people can spend as little as 10 minutes a day on their trades, and still capture all the right buy and sell points – but it rarely works out so perfectly.

How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The “Unexpected”

Better Money DecisionsNov 23

History is jam-packed with “unexpected events” that spurred a wave of anti-investing panic. But the long-term results are abundantly clear: By staying the course with a well-defined investment philosophy, investors don’t have to let exogenous shocks wreck their goals.

Don’t Get Sidetracked By Earnings Season

Better Money DecisionsNov 22

This relentless obsession with large-cap domestic stocks is harmful to your investment strategy. In addition to missing out on global stocks, they are also foregoing small cap and value stocks, which have higher historical returns than their larger brethren.