by Justin Knapp | Sep 1, 2015 | Financial Articles
As stocks have become mighty volatile, long-term investors could be induced to become more short-term oriented in their thinking, buying stocks on a single day’s rally, or selling after a swift 11 percent decline, such as we saw from Wednesday to Tuesday. Based...
by Justin Knapp | Sep 1, 2015 | Financial Articles
After years of relatively calm and stable financial markets, volatility is back. Fears over slowing growth in China, a correction in China’s stock markets and devaluation of their currency has raised many questions about how this will affect the global and U.S....
by Justin Knapp | Sep 1, 2015 | Financial Articles, Quarterly Newsletters & Planning Alerts
Legendary investor Warren Buffett is famous for his long-term perspective. He has said that he likes to make investments he would be comfortable holding even if the market shut down for 10 years. Investing with an eye to the long term is particularly important with...
by Justin Knapp | Aug 25, 2015 | Financial Articles
Independent Wealth Management’s own Jay Berger featured in news story below: Go to 9&10 News Article Here…
by Justin Knapp | Aug 24, 2015 | Financial Articles
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft passed by Pluto last week, which is amazing. It was a three-billion mile trip that took nine and half years. But here’s what blows my mind. According to NASA, the trip “took about one minute less than predicted when the craft was...
by Justin Knapp | Aug 24, 2015 | Financial Articles
With interest rates hovering around multi-decade lows, investors have been increasingly concerned about the consequences to bonds when the “inevitable” shift happens and rates begin to rise. As the simple math of bonds makes clear, rising interest rates will drive...
