By Gary Silverman, CFP®
How many stocks are in the S&P 500? Generally, it’s not 500. I mean, they try to make it 500. But companies merge and split and some
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
As I’m writing this, it is 9 a.m. on December 6th. The stock market is down. This should not be news to you because for you December 6t
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
If you read this column today it likely will have no effect on your life. Instead, cut out or print this column so that you can use
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
While I don’t have an official day that my column runs, for most of this year you’ve read me on Tuesdays. I will therefore assume
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
While I don’t have an official day that my column runs, for most of this year you’ve read me on Tuesdays. I will therefore assume
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
I was reading the comments on a Facebook post the other day. As often happens, discussion had strayed far away from the original topic
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
We’ve been looking at lessons the individual investor, you, could have learned from the Financial Crisis. The first lesson: You won’t
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
Last week we began looking at lessons you, the individual investor, could have learned from the Financial Crisis. The first lesson: You
Last time, I looked at what the government learned from the financial crisis (don’t bother looking up the previous edition—the answer was not much).
Starting
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
Over the last weeks we looked back 10 years at the Financial Crisis, the ramifications of which continue to this day. While not
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
Over the last two weeks, we’ve talked about the 10-year anniversary of the Financial Crisis. We first looked at the initial impetus
By Gary Silverman, CFP®
It’s been 10 years since the last Financial Crisis. Last time in this column, I mentioned how the business community looked for ways to
