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Monday, March 12

Week In Review: Don't get nervous - use logic and reason.

Recap
So, you are nervous about another crash or pull back in the market?
Review
It’s always, yes, always, best to maintain logic and reason when making investment decisions. If you are feeling anxiety over yet another stock market correction, then simply take some profits to the tune of maybe 15-20% of your portfolio. It’s never, yes, never, a good investment decision to go all in, or all out, on a single decision point.
What To Do
Q: Why use a Registered Investment Advisor?
1. Experience. You either have it or you don't. The more you have the better. You can never have enough.
2. Decision Making. If you are going to hire someone to invest your money, then, in essence, they should be better decision makers than yourself. Does your advisor have a proven track record of making the right investment decisions?
3. Non-emotional. Emotions or investor psychology are the primal factors in what separates amateur investors from professional investors. More specifically, why professional investors always buy at the market lows, and most individual investors do not. “You must buy when there is blood in the streets, even when it is your own.” Sir Baron Rothschild
4. A-political. Contrary to diehard conservative or liberal partisan diatribes, there is zero evidence that political ideologies or religious beliefs play any role whatsoever at altering investment returns. “If politics is like religion, then leave them both out of investing.” Jason R Clark
5. Ideas. Do you know how low Ford has traded recently? Or what company has the most net insider buying or selling activity? Investment and trading ideas emerge each and every day. A good advisor will keep you informed of opportunities that you may not see or even be aware of yourself.
6. Conviction. Conviction is the difference between owning a small position versus a large position in a stock. A professional advisor will be able to assist the client in gathering research and data so that the client will feel comfortable taking a bigger position in a stock, and thus, making a bigger profit.
7. Simple cost v. benefit analysis. If we can help you make just one correct investment decision per year, we usually cover our fee. Any client-advisor relationship should be played as a team sport. The advisor client relationship should never be viewed as a dictatorship. 
Quote of the Week
"Sir, What is the secret of your success?" a reporter asked a bank president.
"Two words."
"And, sir, what are they?"
"Good decisions."
"And how do you make good decisions?"
"One word."
"And sir, what is that?"
"Experience."
"And how do you get Experience?"
"Two words."
"And, sir, what are they?"
"Bad decisions."
~Anon~
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