Tag Archives: Diversified Portfolio

How Do You Manage Uncertainty in the Market (without a Crystal Ball)?

We live our lives uncertain of future outcomes — and it will always be this way.

None of us have a crystal ball to predict the future, and that is why it’s important to learn how to effectively deal with uncertainty in our personal lives — and our investment lives. Fortunately, there’s a solution to handling uncertainty in our investment lives which involves diversification, academic research, and financial science. Continue reading →

Don’t Commit Financial Suicide

Having an investment plan that you can stick with—through thick or thin—is very important. If you start to jump in and out, chasing recent performance, then your returns will suffer.

Volatility (price fluctuations), both up and down, are normal and inevitable. The challenge is to be able to live with the plan through good times and bad. Once you have a plan in place, stick with it. Continue reading →