Market Update: Second Quarter 2019 After a rollercoaster second quarter, stocks ended the first half of the year on a positive note. The quarter began with stock prices continuing to recover from the brutal final month of 2018....
A quick reference guide to protecting your money and your identity.Who Are They? Financial fraudsters are after your assets. Identity thieves steal your personal information (often to then commit financial fraud).
As distasteful as the idea may be, child identity theft is a serious and growing concern, for several reasons:It happens more often than you might think. In a 2018 Child Identity Fraud report, Javelin Strategy & Research found more...
Déjà Vu All Over Again Investment fads are nothing new. When selecting strategies for their portfolios, investors are often tempted to seek out the latest and greatest investment opportunities. Over the years, these approaches have sought to capitalize...
The Happiness Equation As an investor, your happiness depends on having realistic expectations about returns and viewing market events in proper context. These two factors can drive your sense of financial well-being and influence the financial outcome you...
Market Update: First Quarter 2019 It seems like just yesterday that stock markets across the globe were in freefall, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 500+ points a day for what felt like days on end. The...
Welcome to our final installment in Del Monte Group’s Evidence-Based Investment Insights: Bringing the Evidence Home. We hope you’ve enjoyed reading our series as much as we’ve enjoyed sharing it with you. Here are the key take-home messages from...
Welcome to the next installment in our series of Del Monte Group’s Evidence-Based Investment Insights: Behavioral Biases – What Makes Your Brain Trick? In our last piece, “The Human Factor in Evidence-Based Investing” we explored how our deep-seated “fight...
The fourth quarter of 2018 once again reminded all of us that the financial markets can be very inhospitable places from time to time. These are the times when investors often need the most assistance–managing their emotions, thinking logically,...
A turbulent fourth quarter for global equity markets capped off a year to forget for investors. We started the fourth quarter with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average just off their all-time highs. Unfortunately, October began with...