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Aug 18

Don’t Let the Possible Overshadow the Probable

By Cadence WM Blog

We have written many times how when it comes to planning and investing, human brains are the biggest hindrances to the owners of those brains. The possibility of large investment gains is so seductive, especially with financial news programs showcasing stocks that have absolutely taken off and investors who have made obscene amounts of money from large moves. Even our friends and acquaintances at times seem eager to share the bets they’ve made that paid off. It’s easy to think of the possibility of large gains if enough money were put in the right place. However, the financial news programs…

Oct 16

Warnings Can Take Time To Play Out

By Cadence WM Blog

For an activity that is supposedly best done using pure logic, investing can be incredibly emotional. There will inevitably be times that test one’s intestinal fortitude and to expect otherwise is envisioning a path that has never existed in financial markets. But to some extent, investors do get to choose which type of volatility they are willing to accept. Since the price we pay is the primary determinant of future returns (over longer periods of time), if we invest in something that is expensive relative to its historical norm, there’s a very good chance we’ll take losses eventually – in…

Aug 10

What’s Up With Gold?

By Cadence WM Blog

The last few weeks have been very unkind to gold investors with the rather choppy upward trend since the beginning of 2016 being called into question with a seemingly day after day drop in price. From a technical standpoint, gold has definitely broken through a couple more recent support levels and is beginning to threaten longer term support. The reason for this drop has been attributed to everything from the stronger dollar to rising rates. There are also those who feel there may be some manipulation at work in the futures markets in an effort to keep gold prices depressed….

May 24

Is There a Bear at the Door?

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On March 22nd we sent a special edition of our monthly Cadence Clips entitled “Was January 26 the Bull Market Peak?” After that S&P 500 peak of 2,873, the index’s value closed at ~2,581 twice: on February 8th and April 2nd. From top to bottom, that’s around a -10% decline. That special edition went on to discuss the existing conditions, like the unhealthy amount of debt-fueled growth over the past nine years, the small number of large company stocks propping up the indices, and the smaller number of stocks making new highs versus those making new lows, which all point…

Apr 12

Ask Cadence: Where are the safe places to invest if I’m nervous about the stock market?

By Cadence WM Blog

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…

Volatility

Don’t Let the Possible Overshadow the Probable

Warnings Can Take Time To Play Out

What’s Up With Gold?

Is There a Bear at the Door?

Ask Cadence: Where are the safe places to invest if I’m nervous about the stock market?

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