How To Hold Steady When The Market Swings
I vividly remember a book series from my childhood called “value tales.” Each book chronicled someone famous and a trait that personified their success. Now, years later, I’m reading those same books with my kids. We just read “The Value of Humor,” which profiles the life of Will Rogers. Rogers’ prime years were during the […]
Financial Market Fear: 2016 Isn’t Off To As Rough A Start As You May Think
Just a week into 2016, and the market is off to a difficult start. If it feels like déjà vu, it is. Chinese market volatility has once again reared its ugly head and is causing anxiety in the U.S. markets. As of Thursday’s close, the S&P 500 is down 10% from its May highs. While […]
Emotion Versus Fundamentals
Volatility is back in a major way. And it has investors wondering if there’s about to be a repeat of 2007 and 2008. Are we on the brink of another recession? Our thought is that you shouldn’t jump to that conclusion so soon. The volatility is definitely there and we saw some major dips in […]
Ebola and the Economy
Just last week I did a quick 24-hour round trip from Atlanta to New York City. Thursday was the first day that a case of Ebola was reported in New York. Friday morning I tweeted a selfie “warm NY welcome photo” of me holding a copy of the New York Post with the headline “Ebola […]
CIA Presents at the Federal Reserve Bank and Southeastern Accounting Show
The Capital Investment Advisors team was recently engaged in a series of events on topics around retirement, paying off debt, and investing at various events around Atlanta. On August 26 our Chief Investment Strategist Wes Moss, presented to employees at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and shared tips on how to retire sooner and […]
Wes Moss Becomes Financial Planning Expert with About.com
Join our team in congratulating our Chief Investment Strategist, Wes Moss, who is now a Financial Planning Expert with About.com As the expert, Wes will be contributing articles frequently and giving advice in categories that include: Budgeting, Saving Money, Personal Finance, Planning for Life Stages, Credit & Debt Management, Retire Happy, and Self-Employment. Read some […]
Rebuilding on the Horizon
They’re back. The cranes have once again arisen on the Atlanta skyline. And it doesn’t fall short of indicating that there has been some sort of economic recovery that is attracting developers to finish old projects or start on new projects in the Atlanta area. The rise of the crane makes us wonder if we’re […]
Performance in a Rising Rate Environment
With all the fluctuations associated with the markets over the past few weeks, we wanted to address this. This is a rare time where the volatility associated with markets is not dealing with the typical stock market, but instead the interest rate and income/bond market. We saw rates spike from 1.66% on 5/1/13 to 2.16% […]