Hail Marys and Buzzer Beaters:
One of my most vivid memories from my high school basketball career didn’t happen in front...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | Dec 2, 2020 | Financial Planning, Financial Professionals, Retirement Income, Retirement Planning
One of my most vivid memories from my high school basketball career didn’t happen in front...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | Jun 25, 2014 | Financial Professionals, Investing, Investor Education
Many investors rely on fixed income securities, especially those with conservative risk tolerances. In times of low interest rates and elevated interest rate risk, bonds with credit risk can be a useful tool to help mitigate these concerns. In a sense, investors have the opportunity to swap a portion of their interest rate risk for credit risk, ultimately decreasing a bond portfolio’s total interest rate risk. This tradeoff may not make sense in every environment or for every investor. However, bonds that contain credit risk present another option for income generation and risk management, as opposed to relying solely on very interest rate sensitive bonds.
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | Feb 11, 2014 | Financial Professionals
Apparently, the question “How do we recruit young, talented financials advisors?” was quite the hot topic at the recent TD Ameritrade conference in Orlando, FL. I wasn’t able to attend the event personally...
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