Investing

Why Investors Should Buy Risk, Not Return

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(This is a guest post, with content written by Symmetry Partners, LLC.  My firm utilizes Symmetry Partners, LLC for investment management services.) Risk You can’t see it, hear it, or feel it. When markets are going up, you don’t know it’s there.  It is known as risk, and when markets come crashing down, it usually [...]

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Why Women Need Financial Education

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We know women want financial education. If you have not filled out my 5 question survey, asking how you would like to receive financial education, please take a minute and do it here. Let’s take a look at the very important reasons women need financial education: Earnings You know it already, but I’ll say it anyway – [...]

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Are You Watching the Markets Too Much?

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(This is a guest post, with content written by Symmetry Partners, LLC.  Our firm utilizes Symmetry Partners, LLC for investment management services.) To The Market Watchers of the World For those of you who partake in the age old pastime of watching the market, this column is for you. Given that this guilty pleasure has [...]

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Money Smart Week Class Results

For Women Only
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Just in case you didn’t know, or see all the billboards, last week was Money Smart Week in Wisconsin. It was a wild week, but a very worthwhile one, as I spent a lot of time doing one of my favorite things – educating investors. I thought you might be interested in some of the comments and questions that came up in the classes I [...]

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What Is Diversification, and Does It Work? – Part 3

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(This is a guest post, with content written by Symmetry Partners, LLC.   Our firm utilizes Symmetry Partners, LLC for investment management services.)  Part 3 finishes the series on diversification with the concept of correlation. It may help you to look at the picture of a DNA helix – the two main strands are moving opposite of each other, which [...]

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What Is Diversification, and Does It Work? – Part 2

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(This is a guest post, with content written by Symmetry Partners, LLC.  Our firm utilizes Symmetry Partners, LLC for investment management services.)  Part 2 continues with the concept of Overlap (thus the puppies picture). Asset Allocation Unfortunately, what we have found, however, is that when investors attempt to diversify, they frequently end up holding several [...]

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