Are your kids a risk to your retirement? Many parents provide financial help to adult children. That assistance could impact your retirement.
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In the investing world, things are often not as bad as they seem. The data doesn't always match the headlines.
Today we talk about:
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Recent volatility in the stock market has many investors looking for "safety". Many turn to government bonds. But is now the right time to invest in these notes? Today we'll talk about the hidden risk in bonds.
Key Concept 1: Yield
Investing in emerging technology sounds exciting. At least one of our listeners thought so. He submitted a question wondering how we could invest in the following areas:
We'll share some ideas on this week's episode of What's Happening Now.
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After July 26, the stock market has experienced a mini correction. And the financial media loves a big down day. They plant the seeds of the next financial Armageddon in our minds. Is it time to panic? Today we'll address the drop and tell you where we are in the big picture.
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As the stock market and the economy have continued to chug along, we felt it was time for a more conservative approach. Today we talk about some of the steps we have taken to reduce investment risk for our clients.
What's the worst month for stocks? The answer may surprise you, it did me. We take 2 minutes to talk about it, and why it matters.
My guess for the worst month would have been January. But, I would have been wrong. The worst month has been August. The average monthly return for August since 1994 has been -0.59%. In fact only two months have negative returns, on average.
August is a bad month for stocks. But that doesn't mean you should make any major decisions. In the past 25 years, August produced gains in the stock market 17 times. But 8 times stocks fell during the month left their mark.
The S&P 500 recently closed over 3,000 for the first time ever. And it begs the question, "Is this the top of the stock market?" At least one large money manager thinks stocks are headed higher. Much higher. We talk about that on today's episode of What's Happening now.
We have been following First Trust Portfolio's commentary for some time. You can read their post about their increased forecast and the methodology they use, here.
As most of you know, we are not in the prediction business. And most who are, have limited success. But it rarely stops anyone from trying.
The stock market will either go up or down from here. The only way we will know who guessed correctly is to wait and see. We rarely take any of them to be reliable indicators of future performance.
We are certainly hopeful the S&P 500 passes the 3,250 mark. But if it doesn't, we won't be surprised.
Neal Watson is a Certified Financial Planner™ Professional and a Financial Advisor with Fleming Watson Financial Advisors He typically works with people who are planning for retirement. Fleming Watson is a Registered Investment Advisory firm located in Marietta Ohio. Our firm primarily serves Marietta, Parkersburg, Williamstown, St. Marys, Belpre, Vienna and the surrounding communities in Washington and Noble Counties in Ohio and Wood and Pleasants county in West Virginia.
