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AI vs. dot-com: What investors should know

By Kyle Tetting
The rebrand is on. Amid the cryptocurrency craze in 2018 and the dot-com bubble of the 1990s, companies went out of their way to associate their brand with the flavor of the day. Most recently, the emergence of artificial intelligence has driven some outsized market gains and prompted many businesses to look at positioning themselves to benefit from the craze.



The science of communicating balance

By Kyle Tetting
Commuting between Kenosha and Milwaukee, I frequently listen to science and related podcasts and audiobooks. I gravitate toward generalists. The generalists who better grasp how to convert the complex to the digestible. Their lifework is not in the underlying science, it’s in communicating science. I see this as a significant aspect of my work as a financial advisor.



Changing calendar doesn’t change story

By Kyle Tetting
Simply put, investing isn’t a series of one-year decisions. At least the way we approach it, investing is a long-term view of risk and reward. We weigh the opportunity and try to set a course that maximizes the potential while minimizing the volatility. With that in mind, my annual looks ahead tend to focus less on where we’ll be in 12 months and more on the current conditions and what they mean for investing more broadly.



Stronger tools to be patient, grateful

By Kyle Tetting
In the vein of gratefulness, I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how strong of a year it has been for investments. But, perhaps more notably than we’ve seen in a while, it has come in fits and starts.



2023 Investment Outlook Seminar

At the first in-person Investment Outlook Seminar in four years, Bob Landaas provided an overview of recent trends in the financial markets and the global economy. He shared his anticipation of where things are going and related it to long-term investors. Kyle Tetting elaborated on some of Bob’s points. Dave Sandstrom gave updates on retirement account rules. Enjoy the seminar on a Money Talk Video.



Lower inflation, lower Social Security raise

The Social Security Administration says beneficiaries will get a raise of 3.2% beginning in January. […]



2023 Investment Outlook Seminar Quiz

Test your awareness of the 2023 Investment Outlook Seminar. Take a 10-question multiple-choice quiz. You have nothing to lose, and the answers include links to further resources. […]



Skating through the latest uncertainty

By Kyle Tetting
Amid strong returns through July, investors have finally felt weakness in the past couple of months as the looming shutdown returned uncertainty to the economic outlook. Taking a pause in the run-up is healthy, allowing investors to reassess positioning. But it also challenges investors who benefitted from heavier equity exposure earlier in the year.



Implementing data, cultivating outlook

By Kyle Tetting
In a 2021 interview, a John Deere executive disclosed that the farming equipment manufacturer employed more software engineers than mechanical engineers. Fast-forward a couple of years to an Artificial Intelligence revolution, and the 1837 company’s transformation to a technology business makes sense. It’s not that the basics of farming have changed drastically, it’s that we’ve created equipment capable of precisely measuring the minutiae of critical tasks. Learning to employ all that information takes time.



How to respond to the calm of summer

By Kyle Tetting
While summer tends to be slow for stocks in general, this one seems especially so. Part of the explanation could be recency bias. The summer of 2022 may have conditioned investors to expect more volatility. Absent the shocking inflation numbers of last June, it’s difficult to match the market movements we saw a year ago. But it’s also clear that the economic landscape now appears much less uncertain.



Halfway through 2023, outlook improving

By Kyle Tetting
With half a year in the books, it’s an interesting time to circle back on past prognostications. On the heels of 2022 – one of the worst for balanced portfolios in 100 years – earlier forecasts were decidedly more difficult. Add in a Federal Reserve that was still talking tough and the potential for further economic weakness, and we’d be forgiven for erring on the side of caution. Reasonable caution is always appropriate, but investors too focused on the risks missed out on a lot across the first six months of 2023.



Investor risks of action/inaction

By Kyle Tetting
Despite an incessant focus on the debt ceiling conversation and what appeared to be a surprisingly optimistic response by markets in recent weeks, actual progress on the matter has been slow. As I write this, there remains some time before the likely June 1 deadline. But, as with most market-related observations, by the time you read it, much of it could be dated. As a result, our current dependence on politicians has investors aiming their portfolio away from some risk that we aren’t even sure is out there.




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