Daken Vanderburg, CFA

The pressures behind recent volatility are real, but perhaps not as severe as past times.

Take a look at these historical trends to get a different perspective on market performance.

When it comes to taming dangers, understanding financial incentives is a crucial step.

Breathe … and use the difficult markets as an opportunity to reaffirm your long-term plan.

There are many unknowns, but you can probably expect some bumpiness as the Fed tightens.

All suggest resisting the urge to sell and focusing on your plan to grow your wealth instead.

Incentives drive behavior and, despite wars, that principle has been remarkably reliable.

You need to look at the situation through three lenses: history, timing, and perspective.

There are surprises — and unknowns — when you look behind the trends and numbers.

In the latter stages of economic booms many investors forget about the risks and often rationalize risky moves.

And this phenomenon has significant policy and strategic implications for companies and employees worldwide.

The signs are there, but perspective and a smart strategy should help investors.

Our pandemic crisis merits optimism while the cryptocurrency craze merits…caution.

Checking on pandemic improvement while assessing the volatility of cryptocurrency.

Checking on pandemic progress while assessing the rise of cryptocurrency.

Markets have been flooded with liquidity — what if that tide begins to ebb?

Investors can weather economic storms by controlling risk and ignoring short term trends.

Political tensions and certain pandemic spikes haven’t dimmed the long-term investment outlook.