... If you’re waiting for another proverbial “bubble” to burst…perhaps it’s here. In about three weeks Chinese stocks sold off sharply losing -30%. We’ll talk more about this later in this article but for ...

  If you’re new to this monthly series…remember what we’re doing. This exercise, as we like to call it, is not an attempt to pick the best stock or “time the market”. We leave that futile task to ...

... ve written: Target Your Sell Discipline (click here to read) Buying a stock is easy but when do you sell it? What if it doubles in price or worse yet what happens if it gets cut in half? Be discipli ...

... he primary focus of this exercise is to show you how picking stocks and trying to “time markets” is usually a hit or miss expedition. At the end of the day (or in this case, whenever we decide to stop writ ...

... He is a wildly successful entertainer who adds color and talking points on the stock market but make no mistake about it…he is not your financial advisor. As a matter of fact he advises nobody professionally ...

... only to find out that it will expire or mature every one to two years? That is exactly what happens with Unit Investment Trusts. When they are purchased they consist of a fixed number of stocks and/or ...

... and it spiked up 50% in the first couple weeks of March. It has already risen almost 8% year to date and this has impacted the stock market in ways that many are unprepared for. With any situation like ...

  The equity markets typically dominate the headlines but recently there has been more and more talk about the Fed and where interest rates are going. Stocks are definitely a more intriguing topic as ...

... nature to root for the underdog and many times those two themes can certainly play out on the basketball court as well as on the stock market floor. Much like two college basketball teams that never play ...

... Unless you were allocated 100% to stocks last year, and in particular U.S. equities, you almost guaranteed yourself underperformance!   There is a shift and a reversion coming but it won’t be capitalized ...

... a 10% correction (sell some). Based on the answers we provided we were given a risk tolerance of 6.5 out of 10. Below is their suggested allocation: 35% U.S. Stocks 18% Foreign Stocks 15% Emerging ...

... in the “I can’t wait until half time camp” you got to see Katy Perry perform with eight outfit changes. (yes…eight) How does all this relate to the stock market and the MPG Core Tactical 60/40 portfolio? ...

... have absolutely no idea what happened yet it was perhaps the most dramatic and volatile financial event in history! What happened?  Did the stock market crash?  Was there a major corporate bankruptcy? ...

...    What does about a 60% haircut in oil prices mean to the stock market? Simply put, the bulls believe that it is a positive for economic growth and is basically like a huge tax cut for consumers and ...

  Are you scared of flying? Even if you’re a seasoned traveler and airplane turbulence never fazes you, there are certain flights that would get your attention. If the stock market behavior in October ...

... is a bad month for the stock market, right? Wrong! Again, we’re trained to think so. Sure, October has had some dates to remember… The month is famous for some market crashes like the “The Panic of ...

  On countless past occasions the stock market fools not only the average emotionally driven investor but also the seasoned professional. It's happening again in an asset class that has fooled everyone ...

... to compare our portfolio against the benchmark. It’s finally happening. Yes…it appears the stock market is correcting. As a matter of fact for the second time this year alone the Small Cap asset class ...

They say all news gets priced into the stock market. Proponents of the Efficient Market Theory believe that there is “perfect information” in the stock market. Any information or insight that is available ...

... profit on a stock that has returned north of 40% for us since the time we bought it. The reality and likelihood of it running even higher is actually strong but in a case like this it’s critical to maintain ...