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Wednesday, October 19th, 2011 by editor
Everyone would like to believe in a money benefactor – someone or something – to bestow financial security and freedom. This has been especially true for the generations of Americans who have never lived through tough economic times like the Great Depression. For those generations of Americans, the stock market was a great benefactor – a source of money magic – until the stock market crash of October 1987.
On October 19, 1987 (24 years ago today), known as Black Monday on Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 508 points, an amazing drop of 22.6 percent. Approximately $500 billion in paper value was lost. Even though only 20 percent of Americans invested in the stock market at that time, the crash had a rippling effect that impacted on everything from consumer spending to pension plans.
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Tuesday, August 9th, 2011 by editor
These are definitely challenging economic times. As investors, we’re living with great uncertainty of how the markets will respond to the global economic crises. Read the rest of this entry »
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Monday, August 23rd, 2010 by editor
Some experts are calling the recent mass exodus of small investors from the market an irrational reaction to unfound risk; others are hypothesizing that small investors need cash and their home values no longer support equity loans to survive so they are using their 401k investments to pay bills. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 by editor
Do you find yourself thinking about your expectations for financial well-being and how they’ve changed? We hear about this subject daily and we are all left with that puzzling question of what our future will hold? Americans are known as the eternal optimists always finding hope and feeling like we can fulfill our dreams to have the “good life”. However, in talking to many of our regular community members on www.kathleengurney.com, I’m finding a very different sentiment. Instead of optimism; I hear fear, anxiety, uncertainty, and even pessimism. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 by editor
The quest for “the good life” continues to drive Baby Boomers to sacrifice today, so that they can enjoy the finer things tomorrow according to a MainStay Investments’ Boomer Retirement Lifestyle Study. A majority (76 percent) of Boomers surveyed say they are willing to spend less now to invest for a more comfortable lifestyle in the future. Read the rest of this entry »
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