Steve Booren

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...

Improving Investor Behavior: Blind spots and confirmation bias

July 19, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

We talk a lot about perspective in this column. Our perspective is the lens through which we view the world. It is our way of framing everything we see and...

Improving Investor Behavior: Getting back to better

June 21, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

As a dad, I鈥檝e always embraced my inner Tim 鈥淭he Tool Man鈥� Taylor when it comes to Father鈥檚 Day. Whether it抖阴ap a new drill, pressure washer, or some other home...

Improving Investor Behavior: Fear is a very powerful emotion

May 17, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

After almost 45 years as a financial adviser, one realizes that there鈥檚 truth behind the phrase, 鈥淩eality is made up of circles, but we see straight lines.鈥� Market cycles, crises,...

Improving Investor Behavior: An unintentional sabbatical

April 19, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

Has it been a month already? In some ways, this feels like the longest 30 days many have ever experienced. For others, it seems to have gone by way too...

Improving Investor Behavior: Investing in panic as stock market plunges

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

A lot can change in 30 days. One short month ago, markets were knocking on the door of all-time highs, businesses were doing well, and Joe Biden was behind several...

Improving Investor Behavior: Campbell鈥檚 Soup and rising income

February 16, 2020 at 9:00 p.m.

Cold winter weather means it is soup season here in Colorado, and none feel more familiar than Campbell鈥檚 tomato soup. Just the name conjures a familiar aroma, a warmth in...

Improving Investor Behavior: A good dose of Vitamin A

January 19, 2020 at 6:00 a.m.

The start of the year brings a renewed interest in finance for many people. It抖阴ap only natural: fresh starts, new beginnings and helpful habits all come together to create a...

Improving Investor Behavior: The world鈥檚 worst market timer

December 15, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Do you ever feel 鈥渢he curse鈥� of investing at precisely the wrong point? Like you invested too late, at the wrong time, or maybe you鈥檙e just unlucky? Let me introduce...

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