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Last Friday, we hosted Colin Ireland, Senior Research Strategist of State Street Global Advisors, to discuss his observations of the volatility experienced by global markets at the beginning of February. https://vimeo.com/256231989 [download id="2881"]
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The last week has been a very quick reversal of a nearly 14-month upswing in the global markets. Yesterday, in particular, was a wake-up call that markets are not always tame and conducive to making money. We offer below some answers to questions we have received and hope
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A year ago, we wrote that all we wanted for Christmas was a bull market. Thank you, Santa! We thought we had been good but never thought we were that good. The 4th quarter continued the trend that existed all year with markets ending on a strong note. For the
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This is a phrase we heard a lot on our last visit to London. Though repeated as the subway doors open, it brings other ideas to us. Specifically, the gap between the expectations of some investors and what turns out to be the reality. All bubbles eventually “pop” (or at
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We like games, but not all games. Some make us tense such as the Hasbro game named Operation. As a child growing up in a warm and nurturing environment, hearing the BUZZ as you touched the side not only scared you, but risked driving you to tears. We believed we
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The Quarter in Review The quote used in our 1st quarter report was “It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.” We have been investing in accordance with that quote and maintaining a near fully invested stance yet conscious of the growing optimism
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We are strong believers in Peter Lynch’s quote, “Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections than has been lost in corrections themselves.” Because fearmongering market pundits profess that a correction is always near, we, therefore, continue to rely on Lynch’
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We are ones to look both ways even when crossing a one-way street. It is ingrained in us to watch for the unexpected. We’re believers in the saying, “It’s the punch you do not see that knocks you out.” Although we stand in a near fully invested
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“Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.” - Wikipedia The S&P 500 index, a proxy for the US equity market, has risen 6%
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Leveraging Adhesion’s UMA platform, Auour and Ausdal Financial Partners are providing an investment solution to Ausdal’s advisers in preparation of the changing regulatory environment. February 14, 2017: Ausdal Financial Partners, in partnership with Adhesion Wealth Advisor Solutions and Auour Investments has launched a new investment management workflow to
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One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived. - Niccolo Machiavelli With the heightened focus on world politics, it comes as no surprise that The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli is seeing a material increase in book sales. We have spent some time reviewing his writings and
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Auour Investments LLC (“Auour”) broadens the distribution of the next generation of downside protection ETF strategies. January 23, 2017: Auour is proud to announce that the Instinct™ family of strategies have been added to Fidelity's Separate Account Network (SAN). Starting at the beginning of 2017, registered investment advisors
