4 Easy Ways to Diversify Your Investments
Published By Jake Bleicher, Equity Analyst The benefit diversified investments has for a portfolio is simple, in theory. It reduces the impact any individual investment has on the portfolio, and proper diversification can help mitigate losses during a market downturn. In practice however, p …
Comfort: A Word We Need To Think About For Our Families
Published By B. Patrick Carter, CPA If we lived life in reverse, think of all of the confusion and problems we could potentially avoid. We could provide for our families in a much more efficient manner, covering all of those things that seem unimportant to us now or decisions we avoid becau …
How Emotional Decisions Can Ruin Your Investment Strategy
More money is left behind than lost during market declines. When an investor reacts emotionally to declines, they often pull money out of the market, derailing their investment strategy and leaving them much less exposed to equity markets. Often, these moves are made very near the bottom of …
Why Diversified Investments Are Crucial
Published by Tyler Schlumpf There are two main types of risk involved in investing: systematic and unsystematic risk. The first, systematic risk, is the general market risk all investors take when they buy stocks and bonds. Unsystematic risk, however, comes in many different forms. Specific …
5 Stupid Things People Do With Their Money
Are there any financial mistakes you would warn yourself about or maybe an opportunity you’d like to share? We all wish we would have invested in one of the big tech companies during the initial public offering or maybe make a 35-1 odds bet on that underdog team who won the Super bowl.
Could Living a Long Life Cause You to Go Broke? Strategies To Make Your Money Last
Published by Scott Ford, Member of the Investment Committee for Carson Group Partners Have you ever thought about the possibility of living past the age of 100? If you haven’t, you probably should. While there are currently about 75,000 centenarians in the United States, it is predicted tha …
Should You Pay Down Your Debt or Invest Your Money?
One of the most common questions clients ask me, is whether they should pay down their debt or invest the extra money in the market. Most of us carry some percentage of debt in our balance sheets. Some of us don’t mind having debt.
Safeguarding Personal Information
Electronic theft of personal information is the fastest-growing crime in the United States, with more than two billion personal records stolen worldwide in 2016. Protecting your personal information is a key component to reducing the potential that your information may be stolen.
Winning the Lottery vs Investing: What Are Your Odds?
Published by Tyler Schlumpf and the Carson Group Partners Investment Committee We definitely have fun to getting swept away in the “what if’s” of instantly coming into a large sum of money, hopefully most people are rational though and understand they are playing to be a part of it but don’ …
Three Reasons to Consider Active Management
Published by Brett Carson Trends are pervasive in our culture, and the investment world is no different. The latest is the move towards passive investing using low-cost ETFs. Essentially, the argument is that nobody can consistently beat the overall market, so you’re better off owning a che …