Overview Diversification is the tactic of spreading invested money across a range of different holdings in an effort to avoid losses from one poorly performing investment. However, the point is not to invest in a wide range of securities that may not fit your profile just for the sake of dispersing wealth. The point of…
DIVERSIFICATIONS DO’S AND DON’TS
Can The S&P 500 Predict Economic Cycles?
Stock Indices Arguably the most famous of all stock indices is the S&P 500, which tracks a selection of large-cap stocks listed on U.S. exchanges across eleven sectors. The index is “market-cap weighted,” meaning larger companies constitute a higher proportion of the index than smaller ones. For example, Apple is the largest publicly-traded company,…
Current Investors Concerns
What’s Concerning Investors These Days Investors have plenty to fret about these days, and the volatile start to the year certainly has not made things better for the psyche of most investors. Although the list of current investor concerns is quite extensive, let’s look at three of the more prevalent issues at the moment: 1. …
Protect Yourself From Crooked Financial Advisors
Now that Eduardo Diaz, a former Ocean Springs Financial Advisor, plead guilty to financial crimes against his clients, what can the people of the Mississippi Gulf Coast take away from this? Many people have questions about the industry and the people in it. Who can I trust? What can I do to protect…