How do you handle uncomfortable situations? Can you bend or do you break? Are you… aware? Volatility is the expression of uncertainty. Price and volatility are a proxy for uncertainty in outcome and trying to price uncertainty results in volatility.1 That is why price fluctuates. You think 'x', I think 'y',
I would like to introduce myself and give our readers a different point of view on the crazy market we have been experiencing this year. My name is Cole Ducote, and I am an Associate Financial Planner here at Apriem. I joined the Apriem family last year and I am coming up on my
As the year nears its halfway point, companies will start disclosing their Q2 earnings. You may remember that investors primarily paid attention to projected future earnings rather than actual earnings last quarter, and I predict that this will continue this quarter. Therefore, even though company earnings exceeded expectations, projections must
Before Friday’s inflation data release, headlines reported that investors were looking to the September Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting. This is because by September the central bank would have several months of economic data for 2022. Fed officials have been largely united on the need for half-point increases at
"Do We Need a Recession?". That was the title of an article I read over the weekend that I haven't been able to stop thinking about. While scavenging the abyss that is Twitter, an account I follow published a new article posing this question which was then met with a
The markets have been on a roller coaster ride over the last few weeks. The stock markets have experienced considerable ups and downs. For all investors, it's a challenging time. It's frustrating to watch your investments rise and fall without knowing where they'll finish up. However, it is critical to
Last week was another brutal week for the market. After peaking on January 3rd, it has all been downhill since. Large American stocks (say the S&P 500) have fallen almost 20% as investors face a myriad of concerns. Fears about inflation, a slowing economy, and the war in Ukraine dominate
It is easy to forget why we do all this, and the importance of investing. After consuming so many headlines, articles, and podcasts, I myself have to step away from the screen sometimes to reset. The events taking place in the markets - and in a broader sense, our world
