Author: Darrell R. Tierney CFP® CPA PFS In this crazy market, how do you know if your investments are on track? If you are a mutual fund or hedge fund manager you might compare your performance to a stock index such as the S&P 500, or perhaps to similar funds. If you are evaluating your … [Read more...]
Measuring Portfolio Performance
Human Capital, Part 3: How Should Your Human Capital Affect Your Portfolio?
Author: Brent Lemieux CPA Are you a stock or a bond? What I mean by this is how certain are your future earnings (a.k.a. your human capital)? If you are an entrepreneur, working for or running a company with an uncertain future, or a freelancer/contractor, with large swings in earnings year to … [Read more...]
Time to Get Out of the Stock Market?
Author: Darrell R. Tierney CFP® CPA PFS “Let’s get out until things get back to normal.” We’ve heard from people wanting to sell their stock market holdings and get back in later, when things “calm down.” They don’t want to take that long ride down. As I’m writing this (February 11, 2016), the … [Read more...]
Understanding Your Risk Tolerance
When it comes to investing, everyone’s comfort level is different – and for different reasons. Losing sleep at night because you are invested in a way that is too volatile may be a sign that you are invested too aggressively. When an investment fails to keep up with the current rate of inflation may … [Read more...]