Archive for Asset Allocation

Lost Decade of Stocks? Is The Market Different Now? The Truth of The Last Ten Years

Nov 19, 2011 No Comments by Bryan Binkholder

The Financial Coach, Bryan Binkholder examines the common held, popular notion that the stock market has yielded flat to negative returns for the last ten years after substantial drops in 2000 to 2002 and then again in 2008. Could these ‘talking points’ of insurance & bond salesmen and misguided members of the press actually be [...]

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Debt Crisis & The Markets: Is Now The Time To Sell?

Aug 03, 2011 2 Comments

The Financial Coach Bryan Binkholder examines what the last weeks roller coaster ride for investors means and what you can do about it. Many are calling for exiting the market or moving into bonds. Is that the right move? What has the market done and where will it go? Could market timing (getting in and [...]

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The Corruption of Index Funds & ETF’s: Lesson 101 How the Industry Pollutes!

Apr 05, 2011 4 Comments

The Financial Coach reveals in this coaching session how just like the mutual funds industry (which began as a good thing) has become polluted and corrupt, the industry (financial salespeople and firms) are now moving to corrupt index fund investing and Exchange Traded Fund investing (Passive Approaches to investing) by taking the truth and mixing [...]

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Middle East Crisis & Market Volatility

Mar 10, 2011 2 Comments

The Financial Coach discusses and explains why we don’t know what the future will be or what will ever happen. All we can know is that things probably won’t ever be the same tomorrow as it is today! As an investor you must TRULY DIVERSIFY (not the kind of diversification that the brokerage firms teach!) [...]

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Expectations & Emotions: Investors Biggest Dangers

Mar 10, 2010 1 Comment

Most investors are their worst enemies when it comes to investing along with the corrupt marketing system of selling investments that we call Wall Street & brokerage firms (and their minions: Financial Salespeople).  Not understanding our risks in an investment strategy, falling prey to clever marketing and ‘Past Performance’ along with emotions that sidetrack us [...]

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