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Welcome to the FCU blog! What’s on our mind? You can read about it here.

Whether it’s ideas from the industry or emerging trends, with all the changes in tax codes, investing styles and techniques, as well as social trends, we have plenty of thoughts just bursting to come out.

And who knows, we may throw in a few thoughts on things not related to "the business", such as the arts, a movie review, or some spiffy quote we think is just too profound to keep to ourselves. So keep checking in. We’re glad to have you reading along.

 

Monday, February 7, 2022

Investors such as you and I, even though we impact the markets, are small compared to what's sitting next to us.

 

Thursday, February 3, 2022

It's not the size of our deficit that's dangerous. And not all of our deficit is bad.

 

Monday, January 24, 2022

The markets are getting pummeled today (01/24/22). It’s not fun to watch or experience. But today isn’t normal. It's temporary, as is all ups and downs. What isn't temporary, is growth throughout our entire history.

 

Tuesday, December 21, 2021

The “markets” are wobbling like the morning after a hard night of partying, doubled over and paying for prior enjoyment. If you're the one who's queasy however, it may be either your portfolio, or your perspective, needs to change.

 

Tuesday, November 30, 2021

Interesting article. Nothing really new if you've been reading the FCU blog or the articles I've shared from it, Nothing economically has happened yet, but people have been scarred by the past two years, and are appropriately worried...

 

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Friday, November 26, 2021

The market (Dow 30) dropped about 900 points this past Friday. Yet there was negligible change in our economy from the business day before. What made the market drop like that? In all likelihood, it was...

 

Friday, November 19, 2021

“What’s the market gonna do?!? What’s the market gonna do?!?” This was part of Chicken Little’s dialogue before the final edit. Morgan Stanley expects a correction in 2022, as do plenty others. On the...

 

Monday, July 19, 2021

Inflation… it looks like it’s coming, and if it does, it’ll probably affect you directly in some way. There are a lot of reasons why prices rise. Lately, that list could include materials being in short supply, and...

 

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Most folks who invest in S&P500 funds, do so for diversification. They feel they’re purchasing a little part of 500 different companies all at one time. Unfortunately, they’re probably not getting the level of...

 

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

Financial Concepts Unlimited, LLC (FCU) has recently reallocated and rebalanced a majority of its’ managed accounts and models. The reallocation included the addition of an equity vehicle, an adjustment of the ratio between...

 

Friday, October 30, 2020

In recent past, I wrote about how the market was rebounding, but also how I thought no one should be getting too excited about it. I thought there’d be a lot of negative volatility after everything settled down and we started to...

 

Friday, August 21, 2020

Back in April I wrote not to get too giddy about the then current upward swing in the markets. I still feel that's the case, even though the markets have generally continued their upwards path. Our economy has gotten hammered, there...

 

Thursday, April 23, 2020

When the equity markets were going down like a boulder pushed off a cliff earlier this month, I suggested not to panic, and eventually, they’d be rising again. Actually, it was more like a Superball being pushed off a cliff, with...

 

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

The late John C Bogle was the founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group, and is credited with creating the first index fund. An avid investor and money manager himself, he preached investment over speculation, and long term...

 

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

I received an email from a client today, needing some service. In his email, he said, in part, "Sorry to hit you up during this craziness when you’re probably super busy taking care of everyone’s portfolios' .....'Are you...

 

Friday, March 13, 2020

When the federal government finally declares a National Emergency, which they are going to do (later today, if not already by the time you are reading this), it won't necessarily be any more of an emergency that it has already been all...

 

Friday, March 6, 2020

I don't use charts and sales literature in my practice. Not anymore. After 30 years, I describe the knowledge in my mind in a way my clients understand, and I find that to be more genuine. But there are some charts that I used to see,...

 

Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Forgetting the results of the day... Today's rate cut was not a good idea. 1 - The equity (stocks) markets usually get a boost when the interest rates are cut. We use rate cuts as a way to boost the stock markets during a recession or...

 

Monday, March 2, 2020

I recently sent two emails out, one to clients and one to non-clients, in regards to the Coronavirus and its' relation to the stock markets. After some thought, I thought it would be beneficial to give others access to my thoughts also...

 

Monday, March 2, 2020

Last week, the stock market plunged more than in any week since 2008 during the housing crisis. Days of plunges approximating 1,000 points happened more often than not last week. The Coronavirus, COVID-19 is playing havoc, but it's...

 

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

This is the time of the year when investing lump sums into equity mutual funds may not be your best practice. First some basics… Fund managers, particularly stock (equity) fund managers, try to buy low and sell high. They buy a...

 

Monday, July 22, 2019

I don't really want to get into the black hole of a technical article here (I won't), but I really want to say something about the differences between the "Value" and "Growth" styles of investing. It can make a huge difference in the...

 

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

I never have anything rehearsed or scripted when talking with clients and potential clients, so it’s seldom that I end up repeating the same phrase over and over. Something I have said often though, is that while I do consider...

 

Friday, May 31, 2019

It's easy to be comfortable with risk when things are going great. It's when everything turns more volatile that you truly get a better feeling for where your "risk tolerance" level is. If you're starting to feel a little "antsi" about...