Prudent Perspective – Q1 2020
All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to the world. That’s one...
Cares and Secure Act: Insights Into Your Financial Future
We hope all of you are staying safe and healthy. And although the world seems to have changed almost overnight, we remain steadfast in our desire to help you...
Prudent Perspective – Q4 2019
“Well, I’ve been ‘fraid of changin’ ‘cause I’ve built my life around you. But time makes you bolder, even children get older. And I’m gettin’ older, too.”
–...
Prudent Perspective – Q3 2019
“Fear is a force that sharpens your senses. Being afraid is a state of paralysis in which you can’t do anything.”
– Marcus Luttrell
Overview
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Prudent Perspective – Q2 2019
There are two ways to be happy: improve you reality, or lower your expectations.
– Jodi Picoult
Overview
This year, S&P 500 companies suffered an...
Prudent Perspective – Q1 2019
“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.”
– Dolly Parton
After a torrential storm in the market last quarter, many...
Prudent Perspective – Q4 2018
“It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question.”
– Eugene Ionesco
2018 was a particularly challenging year for financial markets with...
Prudent Perspective – Q3 2018
“Good medicine tastes bitter.
– Old Japanese Proverb
Overview
In the decade following the financial crisis, the US economy was fed on cheap lending and three...
Prudent Perspective – Q2 2018
“Don’t underestimate the value of doing nothing, of just going along, listening to all the things you can’t hear, and not bothering.”– Winnie the Pooh
Prudent Perspective – Q1 2018
Two streaks broken in two weeks. UMBC’s win over Virginia broke a 135-game win streak of #1 over #16 seeds and the Dow and S&P broke a 10-consecutive streak...