Joshua Tree Enterprises

Sign Up for Newsletter

About this Entry

This page contains a single entry by Associate Editor published on December 29, 2011 5:57 PM.

Comparing FBAR and FATCA Filing Requirements was the previous entry in this blog.

U.S. Using Subpoena Power For Suspected Swiss Bank Tax Cheats is the next entry in this blog.

Find recent content on the main index or look in the archives to find all content.

Analyzing Financial Choices for the Upcoming Year after a Bleak 2011

TrackBacks (0) Comments (5)

An analysis of the financial situation for the past years reveals that our downward economy has made investors re-think their choices and invest in safer alternatives such as bonds.  In the economic sciences field, Mr. Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel Prize psychologist, worries that the past few years have created a less optimistic and unpredictable financial outlook in young adults.  Certain investments are not yielding the same returns as in prior years, with property investments and an unstable stock market being the most obvious examples. According to the head of behavioral finance for the Americas at Barclays, Mr. Daniel Egan, our ability to predict timing for a good return on an investment has of late been compromised due to the uncertainty of different economic factors, most notably U.S. fiscal policy and the status of the Euro.   He asserts that behavioral research shows that individuals who lose on a particular investment tend to avoid similar investments in the future.  Mr. Meir Statman, Professor of Finance at Santa Clara University, similarly warns that investors will need to balance the fear of losing money with logic in order to make sound future investments.

Mr. Michael Mauboussin, chief investment strategist at Legg Mason Capital Management and Mr. Robert Seaberg, managing director of planning services at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, offer these two helpful tips when making investment decisions:

1)      Make sure to evaluate the expert's proposal and comprehend the likeliness of success.

2)      Try to safeguard against major losses, and aim for safer investments that yield multiple returns. 

See Paul Sullivan, "Debating Financial Strategies for the New Year after a Downbeat 2011" NYTimes.com (Dec. 23, 2011).

Posted by EJ Antezana, Associate Editor, Wealth Strategies Journal

0 TrackBacks

Listed below are links to blogs that reference this entry: Analyzing Financial Choices for the Upcoming Year after a Bleak 2011.

TrackBack URL for this entry: http://www.wealthstrategiesjournal.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/6381

5 Comments

Bluetooth or some other form of hands free device. This way you can chat on speaker phone or with a head set and never have to risk having your hands off of the wheel longines replica longines replica . If you know that you are guilty of being on the phone while driving cheap louboutin shoes cheap louboutin shoes tea length wedding dresses tea length wedding dresses , consider the switch to hands free. You will be doing yourself and others on the road a favor. Every woman loves something that smells wonderful. Air fresheners have come a long way over the years. They now come in an assortment of shapes and scents red soled shoes red soled shoes . Gone are the days of the plain tree freshener. robes de clbrits Now you can get

Complications Complications division titles. Not many teams can match up to that. They also have retired the numbers for 15 different baseball jerseys. bridesmaid dresses under 100 bridesmaid dresses under 100 Of course with all this success comes criticism. Especially from Boston Redsox fans, who are usually pretty vocal about their hatred of the Yankees. rolex replica All of this success however doesnt come cheap fake corum watches fake corum watches . The

clothing. Some of the bestdressed ladies and gentlemen in the world are wholesale apparel retailers. After all, mermaid wedding dresses mermaid wedding dresses what could be better to take your article as it promoted? replica rado replica rado When you buy and sell wholesale clothing buy rolex , you can see some of your best items to your wardrobe rolex jubilee datejust ladies rolex jubilee datejust ladies . Is there a fabulous coat that you can buy wholesale? Buy in your

another one. Why waste your time on going to your local pharmacy over and over again to buy new medications or replenish the supply of the old ones ? If you buy lowpriced medicines online , you also protect your privacy and save a lot of time on unwanted visits to your healthcare provider who may appear to be unwilling to wedding attire

friends. Well, I'm not the only one pondering this important topic. The folks at Gap decided that traditional mannequins were passe and in the spirit of 1987 , brought some of theirs to life . Welcome to the moving mannequin. I mean, let's be honest here, it's tough to know how those khaki's are going to perform beyond merely sweater dress

Leave a comment