Do you believe our basic abilities are genetic and unchangeable? Or do you think intelligence and abilities are malleable? Thanks to discoveries in neuroscience, we now know the brain constantly develops new and stronger neural pathways as we learn and improve.
For many, springtime is a reminder of graduations, final exams and decisions about where soon-to-be freshman will attend college. These memories can fade quickly, however, when confronted with the very real, and rising, cost of paying for college.
Every time we listen to the radio, watch TV or open our email, it seems we’re bombarded with ways to “protect ourselves from the volatile market.” Clearly, the Wall Street marketing machine has kicked into high gear, promoting the latest in whiz-bang financial products promising stability amidst uncertainty.
It would be unwise to conclude the market’s performance in January tells us anything about returns for the rest of the year.
In the past few weeks, stock markets around the world have fallen 10% or more. Confronted with declining portfolio values, some investors can lose perspective. We thought this would be a good time to share historical data we believe helps put recent events in a more objective light.