Want results from your investments? Don’t get emotional

Want results from your investments? Don’t get emotional | Paul Fain, CFP®   Famed investor Benjamin Graham once said, “The investor’s chief problem, and even his worst enemy, is likely to be himself.” DALBAR, a financial market research firm, conducts an annual study of investor behavior. With 25 years of data, the study’s conclusion is frighteningly…

Sunday Money: Women Make Great Investors

The findings are in!  The conclusion from a recent Wells Fargo Investment Institute report? Women make great investors. WBIR-TV recently interviewed Paul Fain, president of Asset Planning Corporation to talk about what makes women investors great investors.   PAUL, WHAT MAKES WOMEN GREAT INVESTORS? Women investors simply tend to follow recommended investment principles! As a…

Sunday Money: Second Quarter Investment Performance

Q2 2017 Investment Performance With six months gone in 2017, how are your investments doing?  Did the stock market’s rising tide lift your boat?  Or have poorly performing investments left you beached on dry land?   HOW DID STOCK MARKETS PERFORM IN THE 2nd QUARTER? Strong global markets 3.02%              US Stock Market 5.63%              International…