Month: October 2013

Stay the Course

For long-term savers, rising rates are nothing to fear. Most investors are familiar with the bond “seesaw” showing the inverse relationship between bond prices and rates: When on rises, the other falls.  But the reality is more nuanced. While short-term market fluctuations are never comfortable, investors focusing on their long-term goals should not fear rising Stay the Course

Survival of the Fittest?

I hate crows and my wife Sue hates bugs, but like most married couples we have learned to live with our differences.  Crows eat bugs though, and bugs eat bugs, and that scientific observation sets the context for the next few paragraphs of this month’s Investment Outlook…

Market Thoughts for October 2013

Brad McMillan, chief investment officer, talks with Maria Considine King, vice president of practice management, about the government shutdown the debt ceiling. Brad also offers updates on some positive economic indicators, as well as what investors should be mindful of going forward. Follow Brad at www.theindependentmarketobserver.com.

Assessing the Shutdown Damage

For the first time since 1995–1996, the U.S. government has been shut down in a dispute over the federal budget. With the 2011 debt ceiling debate, then the 2012 fiscal cliff, and now this, it seems that governmental dysfunction has been normalized. Now that the shutdown has happened, we can start to assess the damage, Assessing the Shutdown Damage


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