We noted yesterday that alternative investments can provide the diversification needed for downside protection in case the stock and bond markets turn bearish. Two other suggestions for reducing risk were…
Chasing Yield
Likes dogs that chase cars, investors who chase yield are not acting rationally – and the results can be fatal. With returns on bonds close to historic lows, many investors…
Time to Consider Active Investment Management
With stock market valuations near all-time highs and rising interest rates affecting bond prices, it’s probably not a good time to be passive about your investments. Sooner or later stocks,…
When Common Sense Is Senseless
What was I thinking? Over the past couple of years, I’ve preached caution. Corporate profits were down and unemployment was up. The economy wasn’t growing, but the federal debt was. …
Pick One: High Risk or Low Returns
Here’s your choice: Take on lots of risk and hope for the best or watch your standard of living erode. The stock market has been soaring, thanks to the Federal…
“Buy and Hold” Is NOT “Still A Winner”
Investors are being advised by Princeton Professor Burton G. Malkiel (“ ‘Buy and Hold’ Is Still A Winner”) to hang in there, even when the market drops 60% of its…
Fixed-Income Investors Weather Sovereign Debt Crisis
Because of our focus on managing risk, fixed-income clients of Wenning Investments generally fared well during last week’s sovereign debt crisis, even though it created widespread panic in global markets…
Bust-Proof Investing For Boomers
We’ve been focussing on the “senior bust” that many baby boomers will face as they approach retirement. So how can baby boomers avoid the senior bust? The starting point is…