Blog | Podcast Appearances
April 2022 Investment Market Update
Ben is joined by Eddie Arraya to discuss several topics, including:
How did we get to this point in the Market?
What has happened Year-to-Date (through 5/2/2022)?
Looking ahead to the rest of 2022
Changes in the Energy sector, particularly in Uranium
Bonds May Be Riskier than Stocks
One of the staple investment beliefs has historically been that “bonds are for protection and stocks are for growth”. While the evidence has generally backed this up, it is important that we balance what worked before with the current and future investment environment. As every investment compliance attorney has said, “past performance is no guarantee of future results”.
March 2022 Investment Market Update
Ben is joined by partner Gary Bowyer for a look at 2022 so far and looking ahead at the medium and long-term impacts of the Russia invasion of Ukraine for investors.
From Impatient to Patient Investing
On our video last week, Eddie mentioned this quote from Warren Buffett. Although I have heard it before, I think that this is extremely relevant to repeat as we seem to be back to a “normal” market, after the last few years of relative calm.
January 2022 Investment Market Update
Ben Hockema is joined by Eddie Arraya for a quick investment market update, amid the rough 4 weeks to start the year.
Q3 2021 Investment Review and Outlook
This begins our series of video podcasts, as Ben is joined by partner Gary Bowyer to discuss what we saw in the 3rd quarter.
Are you worried about Evergrande?
As many clients have noticed, the stock market, measured by the S&P 500 Index, has dropped for 9 of the last 12 trading days. This has caused a few worried clients to reach out, particularly after the stock market fell another 1.7% on Monday, Sept. 20th.
Don’t Buy a Home for Financial Reasons: Your Home is Not an Investment
The “American Dream” is different for each of us, but there is one common thread. It has been drilled into our heads for decades that a part of the “American Dream” is to own your own home. Add in HGTV home remodel shows, Youtube videos about making money in Real Estate and historically low interest rates (driving up home prices while keeping mortgage payments down), and you have a recipe for irrational excitement around home ownership.