Post tagged with investing

  • Repairing the wall of worry

    March 28th, 201103:24 PM ET
    By Mark Biller
    A week ago, I wrote about the fact that the market tends to experience 5% pullbacks quite often, noting that the most recent one is the sixth such pullback during the current two-year current bull market. One of the main points of that post was that regardless of the recent events in Japan and the Middle East/North Africa, the market was "o...

  • Well-Reasoned Forecasts

    January 20th, 201102:18 PM ET
    By Mark Biller
    We normally don't spend much (if any) time discussing various forecasts for the new year. That's because we think very little of most attempts at forecasting — it mostly amounts to guessing, and that we can do without. That said, I do still read some forecasts every year. I do this not because I'm particularly interested in what the authors...

  • And the Forecast Calls For...

    January 13th, 201109:48 AM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    Here in Georgia where I live, we got six inches of snow Monday morning. Very unusual for this part of the country. But the weather forecasters were dead-on in their predictions, so we were prepared and are now cozy here with plenty of provisions and, if need be, a back-up source of heat. The folks who forecast weather for a living are usually ...

  • What is Market History Telling Us?

    September 16th, 201001:58 PM ET
    By Mark Biller
    Here's an interesting study from Bespoke Investment Group. They went back to 1928 looking for the six-month period where the stock market most closely resembled the six months we've just been through. Then they looked to see what the future held from that point. See their study and charts here. Particularly noteworthy is the way that 1959/60 peri...

  • Are stocks cheap right now, or not?

    September 09th, 201001:42 PM ET
    By Mark Biller
    This question is more difficult to answer than you might expect. On the one hand, plenty of observers are ready to declare that stocks are very attractively priced. Most focus on the traditional price-earnings multiple (P/E) we discussed in detail in our June and July SMI newsletters. Here's an example (from an Associated Press article)...

  • Are bonds bubbling?

    August 25th, 201004:39 PM ET
    By Mark Biller
    Economists and investing analysts are engaged in a serious debate about whether the U.S. economy is headed toward inflation or deflation. The deflation arguments have picked up speed this summer, fueled by an increase in reports showing that the economy appears to be slowing again. While the experts remain (sharply) divided about whether we will t...

  • Employees Still Taking Huge Risks with Their 401(k)s

    August 19th, 201011:59 AM ET
    By Mark Biller
    We've been writing for years about the huge risk employees take with their 401(k) savings when they invest a large portion in the company stock of their employer. And while the trends have improved over the years, this new Forbes report indicates a whole lot of employees have yet to get the message. For example, when we last wrote about this ...

  • Thinking long-term when the market is wild

    July 21st, 201003:11 PM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    "So how should one manage money in an era of unpredictability and volatility?" asks a story on the front page of Monday's "Money" section in USA Today. The Dow Jones industrials' 261-point plunge Friday sparked by a sharp drop in consumer sentiment in July highlights that gloominess persists....In recent weeks, a spate of economic reports h...

  • 20 Years of Helping People Have More So They Can Give More

    July 01st, 201001:14 PM ET
    By Matthew Pryor
    Despite market upheavals, financial crises, and recessions, tens of thousands of Christian investors have been able to improve their financial stability and accelerate their charitable giving with help from Sound Mind Investing, the nation's premier newsletter for Christian investors, now celebrating 20 years of monthly publication. Financial teac...

  • Can ignorance be bliss?

    May 24th, 201002:00 PM ET
    By Joseph Slife
    In September 2008, just before all panic began to break loose in the markets and the economy, the SMI newsletter featured an article titled, Don't Look!: Blissful Ignorance Can Be Your Investing Ally. Key paragraphs: Unless you just happen to like high levels of stress, it simply doesn't pay to follow the daily movements of your portfolio. Sur...
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