Portfolio Diversification

Each year, the world in which we live becomes more expensive. That’s simply the nature of inflation—and in many experts’ opinions, inflation is a necessary part of an expanding economy. But just how fast inflation moves is something that our central bank, the Federal...

Experts Suggest Stocks May Be Overpriced, Federal Reserve May “Tank” Economy It’s never a bad idea to enjoy the good times. We work hard to build the lives we lead, and when we see positive results from that hard work, I think it’s important to take time to appreciate...

If you have accumulated wealth, you may be wondering if you should focus on preserving that wealth or accumulating more. While many people may automatically think accumulating more wealth is the way to go, that may not always be the case for every financial situation....

Sometimes we can feel lost when faced with uncertainty. How can we know whether a decision we’re about to make will benefit us if we don’t know what the future holds? But with the right frame of mind, uncertainty itself can help provide clarity for our decision...

The U.S. political landscape has become more polarized than ever before. In fact, a study of developed democracies around the world found that the political polarization trend in the U.S. is more dramatic than in any other country in the study. In the months prior to...

Recently, I read an article discussing how private investors and central banks in Asian markets are now driving the price of gold. This is probably a surprise to most of us in the United States. In fact, China and India alone account for half of world demand for gold,...

I’m a big believer that in every supposedly negative situation, we can find opportunities to seize. For example, during the recession caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, economic growth slowed, but according to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, “Households...

On August 14, 2023, BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, released a two-part blog titled “No take-off, no landing—a tale of two unprecedented shocks.” In it, writers Jean Boivin and Alex Brazier, head and deputy head of the BlackRock Investment Institute,...

Debt doesn’t have to be bad. Loans allow many Americans to own homes, drive their own vehicles to work, and achieve higher levels of education. But how much debt is too much? According to information released on July 26, 2023, by the St. Louis Federal Reserve,...