Holiday shoppers raise economic trend line
By Kyle Tetting
Investors have plenty to be thankful for as they consider portfolio returns entering the final weeks of 2019. Asset classes, virtually across the board, have added meaningfully to returns, with only a couple of periods of modest volatility. Despite the successes, though, 2019 hasn’t all been good news.
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Making the most of your giving
In a previously recorded Money Talk Podcast, Bob Landaas leads a discussion about wise ways to be charitable. […]
Trade wars pick on Wisconsin-grown berry
The U.S. is the world’s leading provider of cranberries, making the industry a ripe target in trade wars. […]
Expectations of less-than-Great recession
By Kyle Tetting
Transparency around the fallibility of stocks and the economy, gleaned from the depths of the Great Recession, may make the next downturn less severe. […]
Tax updates for investors
In a MONEY TALK VIDEO, Dave Sandstrom highlights recent federal tax developments and possible consequences for investors. […]
For What It’s Worth: Silver Bullet
The expression “silver bullet” is a conflation of a medical term coined by a Nobel laureate and the calling card of a legendary lawman of the Old West. […]
Featured Articles
Guiding investors through years of changes Ron Hansen has been helping investors since 1975, when information was remote, transactions cost $40 apiece minimum and few Americans saved for retirement. At the end of 2019, Ron is himself retiring. He’s ending a career transformed beyond recognition by computer technology, government policies and industry evolution. […]
Diversification surpasses manufacturing By Joel Dresang
Sometimes my understanding of how the world works is corrupted by my past experience. By several measures, the U.S. is now in a manufacturing recession, but apparently, it’s not as bad as I would have thought. […]
Investor trade-off: Risk vs. return Especially amid market volatility, investors need to weigh the potential risks they take on as they consider reaching for higher returns. Paige Radke explains in a MONEY TALK VIDEO from the 2019 Investment Outlook Seminar. […]
Investing for the long run can vary By Joel Dresang
The point of talking about the long term is to prompt us to plan, allocate and adjust so that we don’t outlive our resources. Whether we want to consume as much as we can while we’re able or to leave a legacy to our heirs, we don’t want to run out of money before we run out of time. Of course, how much time we have is both unknown and peculiar. […]
The outlook for value in your portfolio As growth stocks have outperformed value stocks in recent years Kyle Tetting looks ahead—and farther back—to explain the role of value in investment portfolios. Kyle’s presentation at the 2019 Investment Outlook Seminar was produced as a MONEY TALK VIDEO. […]