Many clients received their June TCA statement last month and were surprised to see their accounts lower than the start of the year. After a year where most accounts were up double digits, this sudden reversal was something many were not ready for. While evaluating any investments over a 6
Buy after the market goes up. Sell after the market goes down. While that is not the ideal strategy, this is exactly what individual investors have done for as long as the data has been tracked. 2018 has been no different. As the stock market rallied over 7% in January,
On Thursday Facebook stock suffered the largest single day loss of market value in history. At one point the stock was down 24%. It recovered to close down 19%. $119 Billion of market capitalization was lost. The reason behind the drop was a combination of the company reporting quarterly earnings
At a time when there is so much angst on the damage the escalating trade war may have on corporate profits, we seem to be losing focus on the fact corporations are expected to post some impressive earnings growth over the next few years. The biggest boost in profit expectations
After 20 years with SEM I should not be surprised to see how many people get sucked into the late stages of a bull market. We all have heard the key to investing – “buy low, sell high.” Unfortunately, our brains typically trick us into forgetting this wisdom.
