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 | Aug 26, 2021 | Business, Finances, Financial Habits, Risk
The use of technology has certainly made our lives more efficient but not without the need to be smart and careful on how we protect our personal information. We have comprised a list of seven simple steps you can take today to add protection to your online security...
by De[fi]ned Team | Jan 9, 2019 | Risk
Dorothy only wanted to return to Kansas, but the Great Oz was not going to have any part of granting her only wish. However, Toto was able to discover what wasn’t apparent to Dorothy, The Tin Man, Scarecrow or the Cowardly Lion, and brought to life one of the most...
by De[fi]ned Team | Apr 13, 2018 | Risk
The latest volatility in the stock market could be driven in part by trade war rhetoric between the US and China. The final real impact of a trade war on the economy and stock and bond market performance (if any) remains to be seen; but it is a reminder that the...
