What opposites are attracting today?
Investors are wondering why gold is moving up while the stock market is moving down today. Usually gold is a stock market hedge, meaning that it moves in the opposite direction of the stock market. This happens because gold is considered a safe investment and investors flock to gold during times of fear in the [...]
Did You Know You Can Withdraw from Your IRA?
The huge advantage of tax free accumulation of wealth in an IRA is offset by the disadvantage of not having access to the money. As you probably already know, you generally cannot withdraw money from your IRA without being penalized, but there are exceptions. An article from Forbes by Eric Fox outlines five such situations [...]
4 Investing Lessons from a Ski Trip
What do investing money and skiing down a black diamond have in common? Last week while skiing with my family in Colorado for spring break, I decided that they do, indeed, have a few things in common. As you may know, green runs are the easiest, then blues, and the most difficult runs are black.
