There are typically two good reasons for adding an investment to your portfolio: return enhancement and diversification. The easiest way to increase your return profile is through asset allocation by increasing the proportion of stocks relative to bonds. ...
Investors are seeing losses in their bond portfolio. Given how low interest rates are today, mistakes in your bond portfolio are more costly than ever. PIMCO’s David Braun helps us understand what’s going on in the bond market. Listen now and learn: What’s going on in...
The stock market has fallen from it’s high. Even though these types of drawdowns are completely normal, some people SHOULD be more concerned, especially if any of the reasons discussed in this episode are true. Listen now and learn: The history of market losses4...
Brian Portnoy is the founder of Shaping Wealth, a learning technology platform transforming the human experience of money. Brian has written multiple bestselling books on the psychology of money: How I Invest My Money (2020), The Geometry of Wealth (2018), and The...
As of this moment, the S&P 500 is 11% off its highs. As Ben Carlson recently pointed out, these types of losses should be expected as the stock market loses 5% or more in 95% of years, 10% or more in 63% of years, and 20% or more in 26% of years. But even...
