Steve Booren

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...

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...

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