by AFP Staff | Feb 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Investing in mutual funds and exchange trade funds is simultaneously easier and more complex than you would believe. That’s because with investing comes a slew of new financial jargon that most investors overlook. When selecting a fund, one often overlooked...
by AFP Staff | Mar 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
You may have already seen the headlines about the recent collapse of three U.S. banks: Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and Silvergate. On the whole, this is a pretty big deal in the financial world. Whenever we entrust our hard-earned money to a bank, we want to...
by AFP Staff | May 9, 2022 | Financial Planning
Yes, April was a bad month for stocks, in fact, the whole year so far has been bad for stocks. This year has been the worst 4-month start to a year since 1939 and the worst April since 1970. The most important thing to remember in a market downturn like the one...
by AFP Staff | Mar 31, 2022 | Financial Planning
The last two years of history have had meteoric impacts on the finances and lifestyles of Americans: from housing prices skyrocketing, to inflation similar to the ‘70s, the COVID pandemic and learning how to work from home, older workers choosing simply to retire...
by AFP Staff | Mar 8, 2022 | Financial Planning
As we have seen recently with the Russia/Ukraine conflict, geopolitical risk is a very real phenomenon that drives down stock values, because investors fear uncertainty. The uncertainty of how large or small the conflict will be is what makes stock prices so choppy....
