Steve Booren

Improving Investor Behavior: Sometimes nothing is the hardest thing to do聽聽聽聽聽聽

June 17, 2021 at 11:09 a.m.

The United States has embarked on a historic economic experiment. Initially, $1.9 trillion was borrowed by our government to fund the American Rescue Plan. So far, the government has committed...

Improving Investor Behavior: This spring, grow your garden and your finances

April 18, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

Spring puts me in a mood to organize the yard. It's nature's way of encouraging people to clean out the clutter and ready the garden for new growth. This approach...

Improving Investor Behavior: Progress and perspective

March 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

Headlines would have you believe COVID-19 has left Americans in financial tatters, but when looking at the broad data, I can't make the same conclusion. Make no mistake, COVID and...

Improving Investor Behavior: Overcoming inflation using a familiar friend (Part 2)

February 21, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

For investors, inflation is the erosion of your money, a "cancer," if you will. It is the slow, subtle decline in what your money buys or the purchasing power of...

Improving Investor Behavior: Understanding inflation, the cancer of retirement planning (Part 1)

January 17, 2021 at 6:00 a.m.

One of the greatest challenges to retirees and investors alike is inflation. Not only is this principle often forgotten, but rarely understood. So, let's discuss inflation: what it is, where...

Improving Investor Behavior: Hindsight in 2020

December 20, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

They say hindsight is 20/20, and as we make the year 2020 hindsight, it's a good time to reflect. What did we learn? What surprised us? How can we use...

Improving Investor Behavior: Legacy 鈥� the power of time and good behavior

November 15, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Investing requires one belief above all others: that generally, the world will be a better place in the future than it is today. It抖阴ap a disposition that is often at...

Improving Investor Behavior: Fear — acknowledged and avoided

October 25, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

It抖阴ap that time of year again when pumpkins start appearing on porches and horror movies are on TV. Halloween is when we indulge in our fear each year. We welcome...

Improving Investor Behavior: Keep politics out of your portfolio

September 20, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

With the election just 45 days away, the information stream is unrelenting. Political news coverage, TV ads, postcards, phone calls, etc., make for an all-out assault designed to convince you...

Improving Investor Behavior: Reframing your business mindset

August 16, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

For business owners, improving investor behavior can mean more than a focus solely on financial instruments. The intent of this column has been improving investor behavior, which often discusses market...

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