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Bob’s Journal for 2/17/22
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week How does a portfolio earn decent income and have the benefits of diversification when inflation and interest rates are rising and bond values are falling? How can you protect retirement income from falling stock prices? We provided the answers in last week’s members-only teleforum with my […]
Bob’s Journal for 2/10/22
Stock Picking Matters More Now Index investing is great in a bull market, but active investing (or stock picking) can be safer when the Federal Reserve stops supporting markets. When the Fed’s pumping liquidity into the markets and investors are buying index funds, stocks that recently have done well continue to outperform. That’s because the […]
Bob’s Journal for 2/3/22
Watch Bonds, Not Stocks The financial media focuses on the stock market, but you can learn a lot more by watching the bond market. Usually, when stock prices head south, bond prices do the opposite. So far in 2022, things have been different. Stocks and bonds declined at the same time. The S&P 500 was […]
Bob’s Journal for 1/27/22
A Correction, or Worse? Last week, all the major stock indexes hit the widely acknowledged marker of a correction — a closing level at least 10% below the recent highs. The indexes hit record highs last November. As expected, the bubble stocks, high-fliers and others that did best during the bull market were the first […]
Bob’s Journal for 1/20/22
Another Pandemic Boom: Fraud and Abuse Against Elders The number of elder-fraud victims increased 55% from 2019 to 2020, according to an FBI report. Compared to previous years, there was an 83.6% increase in abuse against older people in early 2020 when all or most states had stay-at-home orders, according to a study by Yale […]
Bob’s Journal for 1/13/22
Fast Changes in the Markets Investors typically expect the future to be much like the recent past. That hasn’t been the case so far in 2022. For most of 2021 (and even before that), growth and technology stocks were the big winners. That started to change late in the year but didn’t receive a lot […]
Bob’s Journal for 1/6/21
Some Notable Events That Grabbed My Attention This Week Welcome to the first Bob’s Journal of 2022. We had a busy year in 2021, and I expect more changes and volatility throughout 2022. I look forward to helping you improve your financial independence and security through all the changes. Don’t forget to listen to or […]
Bob’s Journal for 12/30/21
Highlighting a Holiday Conundrum From Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day most years, my wife, Elaine, and I like to spend time watching the classic holiday movies and specials. We enjoy watching a movie when we want to instead of when someone’s broadcasting it, so I used to record them and now mostly track which streaming […]
