Market Worries–Some Perspective Is Needed
(Original content written Friday, January 15th to VCA clients) As I was returning from my lunch...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | Jan 20, 2016 | Investing, Market Reviews, Retirement Planning
(Original content written Friday, January 15th to VCA clients) As I was returning from my lunch...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | Oct 2, 2015 | Financial Planning, Investing, Investor Education, Market Reviews, Retirement Income
In the next few days, many investors are going to see their quarterly performance reports for 3Q of 2015. While we financial planners would hope that it would be only a trivial matter, as investing is a long-term game to be...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | Jun 10, 2014 | Investing, Market Reviews
Market Review: June 2014 Written by: Steve Osterink, Jr. By the end of May, the US stock market hit another record high. Now that winter is behind us and world events are less fraught, investors seem more willing to show...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | May 27, 2014 | Investing, Market Reviews
Although stocks posted blockbuster returns in 2013, many investors opened their year-end statements and found much more modest returns. A portion of these conservative or diversified investors promptly selected portfolios of...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | May 10, 2014 | Investing, Investor Education, Market Reviews
Stock Market Review: May 2014 Mixed Signals Investors hoped that April would see the US economy pick itself up coming into the spring season. Instead, it was a month of mixed signals. Every piece of good news was tempered with...
Read Moreby Michael H Baker | Apr 18, 2014 | Financial Bits, Investor Education, Market Reviews
Market Review: April 2014 Continued Uncertainty in Emerging Markets Emerging Markets (EM) continue to struggle and capture the attention of most investors. China’s debt crisis is still unwinding and, as a result, investors are...
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