by Linda Ferentchak | Sep 8, 2021 | UpClose
10 best/worst market days: Does it matter? 10 best/worst market days: Does it matter? It’s not about missing the best or worst days of the market; it’s about staying with a disciplined investment plan for the long run. One fail-safe sign of individual...
by Linda Ferentchak | Oct 9, 2019 | UpClose
Active management attempts to exploit the opportunities created by the business cycle, adjusting market exposure and rotating between asset classes, sectors, and geographic regions during different stages. If markets were truly random and stock prices...
by Linda Ferentchak | Mar 6, 2019 | UpClose
Like so many simplistic approaches to the financial markets, the efficient frontier fails to reflect market reality. To understand the investment efficient frontier, it helps to go back to its origin. In 1952, economist Harry Markowitz published an...
by Linda Ferentchak | Dec 5, 2018 | UpClose
One of the most seductive words in investing is “because.” If one understands the “because,” many investors believe, then the answer to “what happens next” is assumed to be within reach. Ideally, a logical pattern emerges that indicates future price...
by Linda Ferentchak | Aug 29, 2018 | UpClose
In the search for the latest, greatest trading system or strategy, don’t neglect the one system that has been proven to work over the long run. What if there was one investment approach that guaranteed you would always be invested during sustained...