After recently hitting an all-time high, the U.S. stock market has experienced a return to volatility. While it’s perfectly natural to be uncomfortable watching the prices trend lower the way they have, it’s important to remember gyrations in a given…

If you are feeling uneasy about your investment performance during these periods of volatile market activity, download this video, “Tuning Out the Noise” to help remind you of the importance of remaining disciplined during uncertain times…

It will soon be the 10-year anniversary of when, in early October 2007, the S&P 500 Index hit what was its highest point before losing more than half its value over the next year and a half during the global financial crisis…

It was Friday, March 6, 2009, and the stock market was in the midst of a six month freefall. In the last six months the Fed had stepped in and bailed out the banking system with the TARP program, Bear Stearns had been bailed out, the…

At times like these when you try to comprehend what is going on around you, I go back to take some solace in advice from one of the men that would be on the Mount Rushmore (pardon the analogy) of investments. Jack Bogle, who founded…

A few weeks ago there was polling going on in Britain showing that the push to leave the European Union was statistically ahead of those who wanted to stay in the European Union. It had an ominous effect on the markets as the Dow fell about…

Imagine you had an extremely long hangover from a New Year’s Eve party causing yourself to have slept through the first two and a half months of 2016. Once awake, you would likely try to catch up on what you missed…

Given the volatility of equity markets, many folks desire a quick and easy explanation for the recent movements. Many peruse the headlines to try to find answers. Some say it is China, some the Fed, others say the fall in oil prices has caused…

Not to trivialize World War II, but there seems to be a lot of things going on across both oceans these days for different reasons. Different economic fronts and issues have arisen in both China and Greece.  It’s important as always to dig below…