Our Q1 2022 financial planning newsletter is now available. In addition to an investment market update, we discuss the potential for a bear market and how that affects your actions now. We also dig into how inflation affects your financial plan and cover the upcoming student loan interest and … [Read more...]
How Inflation Affects Your Financial Plan
We've all seen the headline number for 2021: a 7% increase in the consumer price index. You may be wondering: how does this affect my financial plan? Whether you have firsthand experience from the 1970s and early 1980s or have read about it in history books, the potential of sustained high … [Read more...]
Why a Stock Peak Isn’t a Cliff
Some perspective courtesy of Dimensional Fund Advisors: Many investors may think a market high is a signal stocks are overvalued or have reached a ceiling. But they may be surprised to find out that the average returns for the S&P 500 Index one, three, and five years after a new market high … [Read more...]
Cost of Trying to Time the Market
Trying to time the market can be costly. If you'd invested $1,000 in the S&P 500 index in 1990, you'd have had $20,451 by the end of 2020. However, missing the best day reduced your total to $18,329. And, missing the 5 best days, reduces it to $12,917. Because a picture shows this so well, … [Read more...]
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