Updates on how dynamic, risk-managed investment solutions are performing in the current market environment.
When you go to a restaurant (remember those?), you know if you had a good meal. And you know if the service is above average and deserving of a larger tip than usual. Your five senses give you all the answers. But what about your investment manager? How do you know if he or she or they are doing a good job of managing your investments for you? The easy answer is, “Look at their performance.”
This week, I want to talk about a well-documented pattern of investor behavior that does not serve their best interests: letting emotions rule investment decisions. We originally posted a version of this article last year just before the COVID crash.
Doris Day, a top box-office draw of the 1950s and early ’60s, has always been one of my favorite entertainers.
Did you know that April is Financial Literacy Month? And that April 10–17, 2021, is Money Smart Week? Financial Literacy Month was designated officially by the United States Senate in 2004 via Resolution 316, during the administration of George W. Bush. (Interestingly, Barbara Bush was passionate about many literacy causes and started the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy in 1989.)
Since I began investing in the late 1960s, I have always been in the active investing camp. When I started Flexible Plan Investments, Ltd., in 1981, the only investment services we offered were active management (and that is still true today). I thought an investment manager should be “flexible” rather than locked into a rigid buy-and-hold approach.