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Certainty

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One of the things we’re heavily deficient in these days is certainty. Whether one views current events as good, bad, or indifferent, most would agree that the ability to predict where we’ll be in six to twelve months with any confidence is more difficult than it’s been in quite some time. This is anxiety-provoking, and as homo-sapiens, we don’t like to feel anxious or scared. Fear leads to poorly calculated decisions, and bad investment decisions, especially when made repeatedly, can set one back irreparably on their financial path. As ephemeral as it might be to obtain in reality, the perception…
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Market Fireworks – What Now?

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As of the moment I’m rapping on these keys, the market as measured by the S&P 500 is down roughly -5% so far this year, with its peak to trough drop of around -12% happening from mid-February through mid-March. That’s been enough to get some people anxious that declining portfolio balances could get worse, while others, with plenty of support from financial media, are viewing this decline as an opportunity to buy more of their favorite stocks cheaper. Only time will tell which group is correct with respect to this particular decline and over a short timeframe, but as we…
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Ask Cadence: Where are the safe places to invest if I’m nervous about the stock market?

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As a reminder, there are no completely safe places to invest, as nearly all investments have the potential to lose value at times, but there are almost always some investments that are relatively safer than others. The first step in the process is to identify those places that are most expensive and therefore present the most risk of loss over longer holding periods. Currently those are the world’s stock markets, particularly the US stock market. The next step is to identify those places that offer more value from a risk/reward standpoint and that have a better chance of holding their…
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