Facing a Bull Market
Newness is most often an uncomfortable change to embrace. It evokes a certain level of nervousness which is often demonstrated in skeptical behavior. Investors are feeling this uncomfortableness in the new face of a bull market. And the reaction is one of definite nervousness as they wait for the other shoe to drop. […]
CIA Announces the Retirement Calculator
In recent weeks, we rolled out a retirement calculator to help people like you — individuals seeking smart investment options and planning ahead for retirement. Using the Capital Investment Advisors (CIA) Retirement Income Tool is the first step to help you plan for retirement. While most financial planning tools focus on hypothetical rates of return […]
Is Now the Best time To Sell?
The market kicked off in 2013 with a major uptick and it wasn’t until late May that we really saw a big impact on the Dow. This has been a lingering concern of many investors who think that such a good thing can’t last too long. By mid-May, many investors were asking- Sell in May […]
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% […]
