Over the past several weeks we’ve discussed how all of the SEM Models have been doing their jobs as the market panics about the impact of COVID-19. Our behavioral approach not only helps advisors and investors overcome their natural emotional and cognitive biases, but it also allows SEM to
The headlines this week were alarming. On Monday we saw "Worst drop in 12 years", "Trading halted", "Credit markets seizing up", "Oil prices crash", and many more were all over my smart devices. Thursday was even worse with the "worst loss since 1987" headlines. Hopefully readers of this blog were
Here's a short video message to our clients and advisors about the market sell-off.
Key points in the video:
- Stay Calm – Our brains don’t like uncertainty, which causes us to over-react.
- Real Issue is nobody knows what this will do to the economy and earnings ---What price should we
I got an email update from CISA yesterday telling me that apparently today is "Slam the Scam" Day. You can read the update in its entirety here. This is an excerpt:
In association with the Federal Trade Commission’s National Consumer Protection Week, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has designated
For 12 years we've been programmed to "buy the dip", especially whenever the Federal Reserve steps in to provide stimulus. As I went through in great detail yesterday, the Fed does not have the right tools to fight this kind of economic event. (I categorized the post as "Weekend Reading"