by Daniel Brown | Jan 31, 2019 | Investments
One of the most important factors in every investment is an investor’s tolerance for risk. As an investor, your tolerance for risk will likely depend on a variety of factors, like your age, current financial situation, and long-term goals. While many investments...
by Daniel Brown | Dec 27, 2018 | Investments
With interest rates at historically low levels, and a very unsettled stock market giving the entire economy a collective anxiety attack, you may be looking for other ways to safely earn a favorable return on your cash savings. In your quest to find a reliable...
by Daniel Brown | Dec 20, 2018 | Investments
Even if you’ve never invested a single cent in the stock market, you’ve probably heard of the S&P 500, which stands for Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The S&P 500 is one of (if not the) most common index used to track the performance of the US stock...
by Daniel Brown | Oct 23, 2018 | Investments
As the end of the year approaches, you may be looking at your investment portfolios and are probably beginning to assess how much capital gains tax you’ll have due. Chances are, no matter how much you have invested in equities, some of them increased in value, while...
by Daniel Brown | Oct 18, 2018 | Investments
With midterm elections just a few weeks away, politicians of both major parties are promoting all kinds of potential effects on the economy depending on who comes out on top. There’s a common belief in American culture that when Republicans are in power, the rich get...
by Daniel Brown | Oct 9, 2018 | Investments
For those inexperienced with the financial markets, it would probably seem like a safe assumption that when the economy is strong, their investments should do well. But is that really how things work in practice? Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...
