Active investing may sound like it’s a better approach than passive investing. After all, we’re prone to see active things as more powerful, dynamic and capable. But in investing, active loses out most of the time to passive and it’s not really even close.
The financial services industry employs a mix of professionals who use titles interchangeably, such as financial consultants and financial advisors, to guide people on how to invest their money for retirement. These titles can be confusing to investors when they are hiring someone to manage their assets.
If you’re invested in the stock market, you may be familiar with the good feelings that can take over when share prices — and your portfolio value — are climbing higher.
You may want to scrutinize that emotion.
In the wake of George Floyd’s death, thousands of people across the country took to the streets to protest excessive police force and support the Black Lives Matter movement. While rallies and petitions are one way to make your voice heard, financial activism is another.
Asset allocation accounts for 88% of your investment experience, according to Vanguard research. That means if you have a diversified portfolio, your investment returns will be nearly identical to those of another investor with an equally diversified portfolio in the same asset allocation bucket. It doesn't matter what individual investments...
The economic impact of 2020 will be felt for a very long time. Businesses have closed en masse, gutting certain industries and leaving millions of Americans without jobs. More than 40 million people — over a quarter of the work force — have filed unemployment claims since March.
As we face these scary...
In the COVID-19 economy, buying rental property raises many questions investors have never had to ask before. While the demand for rental units remains strong, new and changing pandemic rules mean investors have to weigh acquisitions carefully. While the general numbers right now are attractive - lower vacancies, higher rentals and cheaper mortgage...