My Jayne has suffered with arthritic knees for the past several years. Last July she engaged Dr. William Schroer, a specialist in joint reconstruction and replacement surgery to fix her left knee. The good doctor and his team did a wonderful job, and a few days ago they also fixed her right knee. Soon she will again be able to… Read more →
Category: Investing
Investor Behavior and a Bit About Inflation
Economists and psychologists have conducted studies to determine whether investors always act rationally. They don’t. A number of persistent patterns of irrational investor behavior have been identified, including overconfidence, hindsight bias, short-term focus, regret, mental accounting and the hot-hand fallacy. We all tend to make these mental mistakes but can avoid them once we become aware. With this writing we… Read more →
Help, I’m scared!
Ca-Can’t you understand what’s happening here? Don’t you see what’s happening? Potter isn’t selling. Potter’s buying. And why? Because we’re panicky and he’s not. That’s why. He’s picking up some bargains. —- George Bailey, circa 1930 In 2022 some investors are feeling the same way customers of the Bailey Building and Loan felt in 1930, fearing that their assets will… Read more →
Welcome, 2022.
365.256. According to Wikipedia 365.256 is the number of Earth rotations it takes for our planet to fly around the nearest star and return more or less to the original spot. Since we humans have learned this, we’ve been keeping track of our trips. We are now in the earliest part of the one we call 2022. It’s convenient and… Read more →
A Very Quick Note, Oct 4 2021
Clients of Financial Planning Associates, Inc., your 3rd quarter investment management reports are posted to your secure portal. Important milestones: Attached is a listing of certain important milestones for your reference. Coming soon: News and comments about human longevity, infinite/quantum computing, future transportation, equity indexed CDs and more! Read more →