Category: investment management

Volatility is a Normal Part of Investing
Volatility is a Normal Part of Investing
I’m Michael Evans for Cogent Strategic Wealth. In recent weeks, the dramatic increase in volatility due to the coronavirus, in the world stock market, has...
Stay Calm During a Stock Market Crash: Clarity From the Chaos
Stay Calm During a Stock Market Crash: Clarity From the Chaos
The journey to achieving your long-term wealth goals follows a road that is not always smooth, clear and free of debris. Sometimes the market and the...
3 Important Things to Know About US Market Returns Following Sharp Downturns
3 Important Things to Know About US Market Returns Following Sharp Downturns
In recent weeks, the increase in volatility in the stock market has resulted in renewed anxiety for many investors. The world is watching with concern...
Cogent Strategic Wealth’s Perspective on Market Volatility
Cogent Strategic Wealth’s Perspective on Market Volatility
  Building Wealth Has No Shortcuts. Successful Investing Requires a Solid Investment Approach. In recent days, the increase in volatility in the stock market has...
Stock Market Review: A Decade at a Glance
Stock Market Review: A Decade at a Glance
Someone once said looking forward is more important than looking back. While that’s true, there can be some advantage in taking a glance in the...
Why Low Risk Investments Are Risky Business
Why Low Risk Investments Are Risky Business
We see it often: Whenever investors are spooked by turbulent times, dollars tend to flow out of the stock market, and into “safe haven” investments...
Recession Risk, Inverted Yield Curves and Stock Market Volatility
Recession Risk, Inverted Yield Curves and Stock Market Volatility
Given the sheer volume of unfolding news of late, it’s certainly understandable if you have real concerns: Is a recession coming? What happens in a...
Monte Carlo Analysis: Relatively Reliably Answers How am I Doing so Far?
Monte Carlo Analysis: Relatively Reliably Answers How am I Doing so Far?
If there’s one question on every investor’s mind, it goes something like this: “How am I doing so far?” This universal query is especially relevant...
Do You Want to be Prepared for an Uncertain Future?
Do You Want to be Prepared for an Uncertain Future?
We invited our friend and colleague Larry Swedroe, the Chief Research Officer for the BAM ALLIANCE to lead a panel discussion at our office Friday,...
Cogent and Buckingham Strategic Partners: The Right Fit for Your Wealth Management
Cogent and Buckingham Strategic Partners: The Right Fit for Your Wealth Management
When it comes to financial service providers, good balance is hard to find. Hire a huge conglomerate, and you risk becoming just another row on...
What’s Missing From Your Financial Experience?
What’s Missing From Your Financial Experience?
In the course of our business, we talk to a lot of people about their financial experience so far. You know what we often find...
Does Money Buy Happiness?
Does Money Buy Happiness?
There’s a cliché that money can’t buy happiness. Is that true? Thanks to research from Nobel Prize-winning economist Daniel Kahneman and Angus Deaton, authors of...

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