A Few Dollars More

This week’s turmoil in the world’s stock markets has investors in a panic. On the surface it appears as if we are in the midst of a financial meltdown. In less than a week the financial landscape of America has changed more than it has in years. Pillars of finance like Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, [...]

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There is a flight to quality underway in the financial markets and U.S. Treasury bonds called “Governments” are the traditional place to hide when Godzilla roams Wall Street. But over the last six months Treasury Indexed Protected securities, called TIPs have proven to be an even more popular and lucrative haven. TIPs offer a hedge [...]

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This column is for the risk adverse among us, especially those who would like to be in the stock market but may be afraid of loosing your shirt (or blouse). A relatively new investment vehicle in the United States, called Structured Products, could be the right prescription for you.

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Everyone lives with risk everyday so why, asks a reader recently, “is risk so confusing when it comes to investing my money?” The answer lies in how most investors interpret the meaning of risk in financial markets.

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You might think the sky had fallen given the coverage of global stock markets events in February and March. In hindsight, it neither heralded an end to world economies nor the beginning of another DotCom bust. It was simply a correction, although a painful one for those who were overly invested in stock markets.

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Remember Ron Popeil and his set- it- and -forget -it Rotisserie Oven? Now you can do the same with your retirement savings. Life-cycle funds, sometimes called target –date funds or age-based funds, offer investors a simple path through the complexity of investing. All you need do is make two decisions.

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Given the number of headlines I have read recently concerning “bear markets”, I thought I might look at both sides of this “tragic” event but first exactly what is a bear market? The official definition is simple: when any index falls 20 % from its peak it officially enters bear market territory. As of yesterday, [...]

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