A Decision Not Made Is Still a Decision

INVESTMENT READ TIME: 3 MIN Whether through inertia or trepidation, investors who put off important investment decisions might consider the admonition offered by motivational speaker Brian Tracy, “Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.”1 This...
Good News for Retirement Investors

Good News for Retirement Investors

WHEN YOU THINK OF investing, you might believe you have no control over the outcome.Perhaps you think of a casino, where the “house” always wins in the end, while hapless gamblers continue stuffing hard-earned dollars into the slots, fervently hoping for a...
Set Goals as You Save and Invest

Set Goals as You Save and Invest

Turn your intent into a commitmentGoals give you focus. To find and establish your investing and saving goals, first ask yourself what you want to accomplish. Do you want to build an emergency fund? Build college savings for your child? Have a large retirement fund by...
The Flattening of the Yield Curve

The Flattening of the Yield Curve

Why are investors and economists getting nervous about Treasury yields? What is the yield curve, and why is the financial media writing about it? Here is a brief explanation, starting with a clarification. A yield curve is really an X-Y graph projecting expected rates...