Party like it's 1999!
On paper 2019 is going down as the best year for the S&P 500 since 1997. The euphoria and confidence we are seeing at the end of the year feels quite similar to what we experienced at the end of the 1990s. It is
June 02, 2021
I've often told our advisors and clients the calendar can be a cruel thing for investment managers. Everyone focuses on the returns for each month, quarter, or year, which is often skewed by large moves the last few days or weeks of the period. Look at 2018 where a spectacular
Did you know SEM has 3 different ways to use our risk questionnaire? This short webinar briefly walks through each, including a brand new tool that will make opening accounts with SEM even more efficient.
After many months of revisions, we have finally finished developing "phase one" of our new risk questionnaire. Check it out: https://risk.semwealth.com
If you're interested, we just finished a short webinar on what this risk questionnaire is, why it exists, and how to use it:
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There are a lot of things that create bubbles, but the primary driver behind all of them is our emotions. Our brains are programmed to both assume what has happened recently will continue to happen and to only watch for scenarios they believe are possible. I've called this current bull