by Manchester Financial | Mar 30, 2004 | Economy, Financial Planning, Markets
Taking Control of Your Investments in Turbulent Times As the investment markets have dropped significantly from their March 2000 highs, you most likely have watched your portfolio value drop unnecessarily. But at the same time a more worrisome drop may have occurred—a...
by Manchester Financial | Aug 12, 2003 | Economy, Investing, Markets
There are three problems currently facing the economy and markets. First, too much credit was created for individuals, corporations, and government and it needs to be unwound. Individuals and corporations have begun that process and it will continue for several years....
by Manchester Financial | Jan 24, 2003 | Economy, Financial Planning, Markets
As you read the newspaper or listen to the evening news, you hear a litany of reasons explaining our turbulent stock market: the economic recovery has stalled; earnings have disappointed; oil prices are high; deflation seems just around the corner. And to further...
by Manchester Financial | Jan 10, 2003 | Economy, Investing, Markets
While the fourth quarter was strong for stocks and high-yield bonds, it was small consolation in a tough year. For the year, every S&P industry sector was down and eight of the ten experienced double-digit loss. It has been sixty years since the market has fallen...
by Manchester Financial | Jan 15, 2002 | Economy, Investing, Markets
While we generally look to financial and economic information to assess market conditions, we must never overlook the political forces. Nobel Prize winning economist Milton Friedman said that you cannot have individual liberty without economic freedom; politics and...
