Category: Myths of Investing

  • The Surprising Reason You Shouldn’t Buy the Best Mutual Funds

    It seems like common sense to buy a product that is popular or seems to be doing well.  For example, a few of my friends will be buying the new I Phone X, largely because Apple has a proven track record of making successful and innovative phones.  As consumers, that is what we look for…

  • What Those Gold Advertisements Aren’t Telling You

    We have all heard the advertisements on the radio and headlines that keep telling us that investors need to flee to safety and buy gold.  They will tell us that the stock market is going to crash worse than last time, and that investors need a hedge to inflation with gold.  They will say it…

  • “Billionaires Bet Big on Market Crash”

    I go online to check Yahoo Finance everyday to see how the stock market and other markets are doing.  I try to stick to the numbers and real information, and avoid the headlines and articles most of the time.  But, a few weeks ago this was the headline that couldn’t be missed. Billionaires Bet Big on Market…

  • Elections Impact on the Stock Market

    It seems to be all anyone can talk about for the last few months.  This is a very strange election year with crazy headlines and stories to go along with it.  So we have gotten the question “How will the presidential election effect the market?” just about every day.   For questions like this I am…

  • Market Timing: Winners and Losers

    Wall Street wins and investors lose every time market timing is done.  So what is market timing and are you losing returns because your money manager is doing it?  Or even worse, have you been caught doing it all on your own? According to Investopedia, market timing is “The act of attempting to predict the…

  • Do You Have the Investor Instinct?

    Many investors and young potential investors are still scared out of their minds because of what happened to a lot of innocent investors in 2008.  I have heard a few horror stories of people who supposedly lost all of their retirement money because of the crash.  Many young professionals are scared of the stock market…

  • Picking Winning Stocks

    You think you can pick winning stocks consistently, and I’m here to tell you that you can’t.   But even if I cannot convince you that you can’t pick stocks, I hope to at least convince you that it is not in your best interest to try.   We look at examples like Warren Buffet and…

  • What is a Wall Street Bully?

    Wall Street Bullies are not just found in New York City, they are found in investment brokerages throughout the country.  In fact, your investment guy, might just be a wall street bully. I explain a Wall Street Bully as an individual or institution that uses fear, greed, intimidation, and misleading information to get an investor…

  • When is it Safe to Get In the Market?

    Perhaps one of the biggest challenges that investors face is determining if “right now” is a safe time to invest (meaning not just the present, but any time). What makes it difficult for investors is a twofold issue: first, is a lack of historical knowledge and perspective, and second, their own emotions. Actually, if one…

  • Should You Be Investing Based on Track Record?

    It seems like common sense to buy a product that is popular or seems to be doing well.  For example, a few of my friends will be buying the new I Phone 6S, largely because Apple has a proven track record of making successful and innovative phones.  As consumers, that is what we look for…