Alternative Investments

Many investors are less than enthused about the current valuations of traditional investments like stocks and bonds. After a decade-long bull market where the S&P 500 averaged more than 16%…

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Red October

After an extended period of steadily rising markets and low volatility, October was a very bad month for stocks. The S&P 500 fell about 10 percent from the beginning of…

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Investor sentiment

Back in 1999, I recall meeting with clients regarding their financial planning. At the time, most people were enjoying stellar returns in their tech-heavy portfolios and they tended to be…

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