Category: Investment

If you’re a dedicated market geek with plenty of time on your hands, you can uncover some very interesting things about stock market history and perhaps learn some interesting lessons from them. Below is a snapshot of some of them: Since 1916, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (which predates the S&P 500 index and has … Continue reading “Interesting Investment Facts & Lessons Learned”

Do your investment choices echo your outlook? Are they in agreement with your values? These questions may seem rather deep when it comes to deciding what to buy or sell, but some great investors have built fortunes by investing according to the ethical, moral, and spiritual tenets that guide their lives.         Sir John Templeton … Continue reading “The Importance of Aligning Your Investing With Your Principles”

What would you have to make to be a one-percenter? That is, to have an income in the upper one percent of the population, in the U.S., Singapore, China, Brazil, England or Australia. The answer, of course, differs in every country. At the bottom of the scale, someone earning $81,000 a year in India is … Continue reading “Are One-Percenters Rich or Comfortable?”

If you are new to the investing world, you may be wondering what the difference between mutual funds and exchange-traded funds are. While there are similarities between the two, the differences could determine whether one or the other, or a mix of both, makes the most sense for you. It’s quite important to understand the … Continue reading “The Difference Between Mutual Funds and ETFs”

In recent years, there’s been a lot of publicity around sexual harassment, and the MeToo movement seems to have brought us to a new age for women and their ability to exercise their legal rights, especially as it pertains to the work environment.  But it is worth noting just how discriminatory our society, and others, … Continue reading “The Evolution of Financial Rights and Equality for Women and the Opportunity it Provides for the Client/Advisor Relationship”

If investors aren’t selling stocks because of the current government shutdown, they might be nervous about the flattening yield curve—broadly defined as a time when short-term interest rates were higher than yields on longer-term bonds. But what does this mean for the markets? Typically, an inverted yield curve signals a recession. The press has certainly … Continue reading “What Does an Inverted Yield Curve Mean?”

What financial, business, or life priorities do you need to address in 2019? Now is a good time to think about the investing, saving, or budgeting methods you could employ toward specific objectives, from building your retirement fund to lowering your taxes. Can you contribute more to your retirement plans this year? In 2019, the … Continue reading “Your 2019 Financial To-Do List”

When financial markets have a bad day, week, or month, discomforting headlines and data can quickly communicate a message to retirees and retirement savers alike: equity investments are risky things, and Wall Street is a risky place. This is some truth to this, but if you want to accumulate significant retirement savings or try and … Continue reading “Investing Means Enduring Some Risk”

If you’re anything like us here at Kendall Capital, you were probably anxiously awaiting the midterm election results, and the impact the expected outcome of political gridlock would have on the markets. Historically, stocks typically do well when Congress is split, and the White House is under Republican control. In these instances, the S&P 500 … Continue reading “What Does Political Gridlock Mean for the Markets?”

Volatility will always be around on Wall Street, and as you invest for the long term, you must be able to roll with the punches of market turbulence. Rocky moments, fortunately, are not the norm. Since the end of World War II, there have been dozens of Wall Street shocks. Wall Street has seen 56 … Continue reading “Tolerate the Turbulence”