Annual stock market returns are unpredictable, but the long history of positive returns may be reassuring to investors who find market downturns unsettling. What’s the conclusion? The stock market tends to reward investors who can weather annual ups and downs
I spend a lot of time with clients who are nervous about the market. Nervous that the market has gone up a lot and is now too expensive. Nervous that it’s going down and will likely fall further. The unfortunate
If you’re investing with a goal of building wealth, I think investing in individual stocks is a bad idea. The clearest reason is that historically most stocks generate very poor returns. Overall market returns have been driven by a relatively
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I’m seeing more and more financial products being sold primarily based on their tax benefits, which always makes me a little nervous. Sure, nobody likes to pay taxes, and you should minimize them when you can. But for my lawyer
What does your dollar buy you? It depends. Are you spending it today or sometime in the future? If you’re not spending your dollar today, you’ve got a problem on your hands. With a positive inflation rate, your dollar is
The stock market has continued its historic rally with the S&P 500 gaining 19% year-to-date with reinvested dividends, contributing to a total return of 61% since the market bottom in 2022. While much of this performance has been driven by
Here we go again. Record high heat waves. Record high house prices. Record highs in the stock market. Lots of “record highs.” When you hear these headlines, you naturally think this is newsworthy. There’s something anomalous going on. Something extraordinary, which merits making
Tim Corriero, J.D, CFP ®
Tim Corriero is an attorney, a Certified Financial Planner ® and founder of Juris Wealth, a financial advisory business for lawyers.
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