by De[fi]ned Team | May 3, 2024 | Financial Habits, Markets, Risk
In the past, we’ve written about market noise and its emotional impact on investors’ psyche and more importantly behavior. Whether it’s about fear of recession, satisfaction with the direction of the country or what will the fed do with interest rates, the range of...
by De[fi]ned Team | Aug 31, 2023 | Business, Finances, Financial Habits, Markets, Risk
Our blog in October 2022 discussed the market noise of a declared bear market and its impact on the investor psyche. In that post we discussed the definition of a bear market and possible causes (and listed the post bear markets performance of the S&P 500). The...
by De[fi]ned Team | Oct 10, 2022 | Markets, Risk
One constant of being invested in the financial markets is that the stock market experiences periods of volatility. 2022, as it turns out, is no exception. As of June 13, 2022, the S&P 500 Index officially entered bear market status1. A bear market is when a...
by De[fi]ned Team | May 18, 2022 | Finances, Markets, Risk
“Sometimes you need to take the bad with the good”. This cliche is typically used as an acknowledgement that “nothing is perfect”. Nothing could be truer when it comes to acknowledging the benefits of investing over time; you must accept the bad (short term market...
by De[fi]ned Team | Mar 17, 2020 | Markets
Before launching into the stats, we want to take a moment to say we’re still watching everything. We’ve limited our time in office in favor of our work from home machines that we all installed in the last few months. We’re all still available via phone if you’d like...
by De[fi]ned Team | Oct 30, 2018 | Markets
“Some People See The Glass Half Full. Others See It Half Empty. I See A Glass That’s Twice As Big As It Needs To Be.” ― George Carlin Given the option of investing in one of the below performance charts over the last 10 years, which represents a better...
