At its core, factor investing is a form of quality control. You have a set of criteria, or factors, that you believe are indicative of a stock’s success, and choose your investments by ranking companies based on these specific factors. Factor-focused investing may look at a number of different factors when choosing what stocks… Read more »
The Macro View
Posts Categorized: Markets & Investing
A Few Things We Ought To Trust: Waze, 6-Irons & Our Investment Portfolios
What was the last situation where you made an emotional decision only to regret it almost immediately? Did you trust your gut on a “shortcut” and get stuck in traffic instead of just listening to Waze? Did you hit your driver and try to carry the hazard instead of laying-up with a 6-iron? Did you really go into Target convinced you’d spend less than $100 this time? Well, we’re human beings and that’s what… Read more »
Looking at the Recent Market Volatility from the “MacroView”
We have started working on our 4th quarter 2018 Market Commentary that will be published in the first two weeks of January. However, we wanted to share some thoughts prior to the holidays to help you better understand the recent market volatility to ease any fears you may have and so that if the… Read more »
Dividend Paying Stocks Have Appeal But Don’t View Them As Bonds
Conservative investors have historically invested in dividend-paying stocks to generate income and increase stability in their portfolios. The ability of these companies to pay a dividend is viewed as a sign of current financial strength and a forward-looking sign of positive expectations for growth and earnings, a perfectly reasonable assumption. However, many investors make… Read more »
A Closer Look At This Market Sell Off
The S&P 500 reached a closing high of 2930.75 on September 20, 2018. Since then, significant market volatility emerged, and the S&P 500 has fallen almost 10% in just over a month. As with many abrupt market drops, investors and pundits fear this is the start of a bear market. However, we believe current… Read more »