Bonds May Be Riskier than Stocks
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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”.

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From Impatient to Patient Investing
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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.

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Are you worried about Evergrande?
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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.

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