Top 10 Personal Finance Best Practices

As more investors seek out and embrace personalized asset management and individualized financial advice, industry tycoons Vanguard and Russell Investments researched the value created by professional advice. Both companies measured the impact on investor returns when partnering with an advisor who provides skilled management and guidance.    Russell Investments identified up to an additional annualized […]

Behavioral Finance and Asset Allocation

Summary Points:   We simply have to watch money flow to know how “average investors” behave. Investor emotions typically run opposite to sound decision making. Sound allocation planning can provide other positive impacts on your overall plan.   An emotional investor is very likely to make poor decisions over his or her financial life.  Various […]

Behavioral Finance and Asset Allocation

Summary Points:   We simply have to watch money flow to know how “average investors” behave. Investor emotions typically run opposite to sound decision making. Sound allocation planning can provide other positive impacts on your overall plan.   An emotional investor is very likely to make poor decisions over his or her financial life.  Various […]

Asset Allocation Factors: Time and Emotion

When we meet with a new client, one of our tasks is to determine an appropriate asset allocation for the funds they invest.  At a very basic level, the question we are trying to answer is “what percentage of the investment portfolio will be comprised of equities (stocks), and what percentage will be fixed-income (bonds)?” […]

Asset Allocation Factors: Time and Emotion

When we meet with a new client, one of our tasks is to determine an appropriate asset allocation for the funds they invest.  At a very basic level, the question we are trying to answer is “what percentage of the investment portfolio will be comprised of equities (stocks), and what percentage will be fixed-income (bonds)?” […]