In recent weeks the financial markets have displayed a traditional warning sign that has garnered significant attention. Widely viewed as one of the most reliable and accurate predictors of an economic slowdown…

There is a tendency for investors to focus their attention and investment dollars on assets located within the United States. This tendency is well documented and is referred to as Home Country Bias. People are generally more…

Market sentiment has been as volatile as stock prices in 2018 and there is an abundance of storylines impacting each. Investors spend a significant amount of time fretting over things like trade tensions, interest rates and inflation…

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…