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Wednesday Wisdom from Main Street Money
Matson On Market Bubbles Losing money in bubbles is not just something that happens to “dumb” people or “other people.” It can happen to the most brilliant of people, it can happen to you, and maybe it has in the past, and it can literally destroy your life savings. No one knows where the next…
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Elections Impact on the Market
Now that the election is over, investors are wondering what the future has in store for their portfolios. The reality is that while elections may have short term impacts on the markets, over the long run, the impact is minimal. A Free Market System is based on capitalism, which always finds a way to thrive.…
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Words of Wisdom from Main Street Money
Becoming a Seasoned Investor Seasoned in my mind, means several things, such as: Being able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure. Being able to bear up under hard times. to be competent with a skill or ability. When you are seasoned, you can see the truth about a situation. You are not naive. Naive…
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How to Prepare your Portfolio for the Unknown
Unless you’ve been living under a rock since New Year’s Day, you should be well aware of the tumultuous events that have been taking place around the world – the disaster in Japan and the uproar in the Middle East and North Africa are just a few global measures that are causing economic changes around…
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2012: New Year, Same Advice
We have all been conditioned by the financial services industry to ask the question, “What will the markets do in the new year?” There is always someone in the financial services industry who will attempt to answer that question with some prediction. Sometimes they guess right, but more often than not they guess wrong. Our…
