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What Now?

On May 15, 2020July 20, 2020 By chbbrown1In FINANCE1 Comment

Fears of the economic effects of Corona Virus caused the S&P 500 to fall over 33% in about a month.  March 23rd marked the low of the selloff - the S&P 500 has rallied an impressive 30% since then*.  After an amazing rally from the recent lows, many investors are wondering - what now? Preface: …

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CARES ACT and SECURE ACT

On April 20, 2020 By chbbrown1In FINANCE

The SECURE Act and CARES Act were recently signed into law.  They both have many moving pieces.  For the SECURE ACT, I think the most important point for investors is the raising of the Required Minimum Distribution age to 72.  Other details of the SECURE Act are listed below. For the CARES Act, investors need …

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Recent Note To Clients

On March 18, 2020 By chbbrown1In FINANCE1 Comment

I recently wrote a note to clients with some thoughts on the current market crisis.  Here are the highlights: The current market environment is similar to 2008 in many ways- only in "fast forward". Markets hated the uncertainty of toxic derivatives in 2008 and they hate the uncertainty of CoronaVirus today. The thing to remember about 2008/2009 …

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Take Some Money Off The Table

On February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 By chbbrown1In FINANCE

"time to de-risk" "the market is stretched" "time to take profits" "stocks are overbought" "the risk is worth more than the reward" "time to take some money off the table" These are all phrases that you hear when the stock market is rising.  You may hear these phrases on financial television, in the newspaper or …

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Three Key Investing Charts for 2020

On January 6, 2020 By chbbrown1In FINANCE

As the 2020 investing year gets going, I thought I would post a few of the charts* that I think are important for investors this year.  This first chart is of the performance of the Russell 2000 versus the Russell 1000 since the start of 2017.  The Russell 1000 consists of the largest 1000 companies …

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