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Client Memo: Future Returns Look Downright Abysmal. What Do We Do About It? financial insights interest rates market analysis s&p 500 stocks tech stocks u.s. economy Nov 04, 2024

I’ve been on this bandwagon for some time now but as the market zooms, we have to wonder what future returns will look like. The S&P 500 is on pace for its second straight 20%+ annual return. This has only occurred five times over the last 75 years, per Bloomberg.

 

20%+ returns in...

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Should You Buy Stocks When They are at All-Time Highs? financial insights market analysis s&p 500 stocks May 03, 2024

The short answer is: that’s not what you should be focusing on. Instead, investors should be asking, “at today’s valuation, is it a good time to invest?” 

Investing at all-time highs may seem scary for investors. We are told to buy low and sell high and buying at all...

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Is Rental Income Really Passive and that Good a Deal today? investing real estate s&p 500 stocks u.s. economy Jan 24, 2024

One of the largest competitors to the stock and bond markets is real estate. In the United States alone, real estate is worth $47 trillion in June 2023, according to Benoit Properties.1 Owning real estate has been the cornerstone of the American Dream since the Pilgrims landed four hundred years...

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Past the Peak but Not All Downhill From Here financial insights financial planning interest rates investing stocks u.s. economy Dec 28, 2023

 “We’re aware of the risk that we would hang on too long. We’re very focused on not making that mistake.”

- Jerome Powell, Fed Chairman

 

Less than two months ago, I wrote to clients that the pivot was coming over the next year. Little did I know it was coming in...

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Why Bond Mutual Funds Are Not A Replacement For Individual Bonds financial insights financial planning interest rates investing stocks u.s. economy Jun 21, 2023

During the time I was writing this, I was interviewed for a podcast in which I discussed this very topic. To listen, click here.

For most of the last two decades, bond mutual funds were an easy and convenient way to purchase bonds. However, as rates fall, you are getting diluted by new...

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