Incredible Retirement Tip: How To Measure Market Performance

Brian Fricke, CFP®Investing

  Can you tell me how your investment portfolio performed last year? Don’t worry, this isn’t a trick question. Some of you will probably answer that your holdings were up X% from the previous year or that you outperformed the stock market. That is one way to assess your investment success but, in my view, it’s not the right way. … Read More

How to deal with stock market volatility

Brian Fricke, CFP®Investing

One area of investing that hardly ever gets any attention is how to handle market volatility.

Here’s 5 tips to help you deal with market volatility. Because like it or not, you’re going to have to deal with it.

Will Stocks Crash When Interest Rates Go Up?

Brian Fricke, CFP®Investing

In this edition: What has happened to stock prices in the past when interest rates were going up? An interesting article in one of our trade journals looks at this. I thought you’d find this very interesting. I know I did!