One of the biggest misconceptions that individual company 401(k) retirement plan participants suffer from is that they belief that they need to guess at the stock and bond market tops and bottoms in order to be a successful long-term investor. That is not true at all....
I have been providing investment advice to individual investors for over 34 years. Over that time, I have learned one of the most important aspects of my job. As the economic, political, interest rate, and stock market risk levels change, I am constantly vigilant in...
I wrote about this same concept last week. The continued stock market volatility makes this message even more timely and bears repeating. The mutual fund managers that you have hired to manage your company 401(k) retirement plan account don’t have the option to go to...
All of the major U.S. stock market indexes gave up their 2018 year-to-date investment gains over the last few weeks. That fact was unthinkable a couple of months ago. One of the main concerns for U.S. stocks now is the future actions of the Federal Reserve. The Fed...
I have seen these two company 401(k) retirement plan investment management decision making mistakes time and time again. These mistakes never change because they are made by human beings; and humans most times never learn from their past investment management...
This Thanksgiving holiday weekend, you are very likely to find at least a few minutes of down time. Here is a quick idea to profit from those few minutes alone. Review your current company 401(k) retirement plan holdings. Open your September 30, 2018 quarterly paper...