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Stock Market Volatility Doesn’t Imply Direction of the Stock Market – It’s The Price We Pay for a Higher Return

by Cathy Curtis on September 15, 2011 in financial planning, investment advisor, investment management, stock market, wealth manager

Stock market volatility doesn’t imply direction of the stock market – it’s the price we pay for a higher return. Repeat this phrase to yourself whenever you feel anxiety overcoming logic and you’re tempted to sell your stocks into cash. After you calm down, take time to review your portfolio to determine whether it’s allocated in [...]

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“Finglish” Lesson #2: Common Terms Used by the Media, Economists and Financial Pundits

by Cathy Curtis on August 8, 2011 in financial advice for women, stock market, wealth manager

It feels like 2008 all over again as stock markets world wide gyrate to the whims of panicked investors. Headlines are dominated by market activity and news articles proliferate struggling to explain what the heck is going on! Because not all industry jargon is comprehensible to the average reader, the following list endeavors to explain [...]

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Book Review: The Ten Trillion Dollar Gamble: The Coming Deficit Debacle and How To Invest Now

by Cathy Curtis on June 1, 2011 in 401(k) investing, financial advice for women, investment management, sf bay area investment advisor, wealth manager

U.S. federal deficits and the national debt are hot topics these days and for good reason. The federal deficit in 2010 was $1.3 trillion and the amount of gross federal debt outstanding (the national debt) is now $14 trillion. No one expects these to stop growing anytime soon. Economists call the U.S. type of deficit [...]

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I Will Teach You to be Rich

by Cathy Curtis on September 6, 2009 in budgeting help, cash flow planning, wealth manager

Until a few months ago, I hadn’t heard of Ramit Sethi (pronounced Ra-meet, Say-tee) and his blog www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com or his book of the same name. Then one day while I perused the book section at Costco, there it was – boasting a bright orange and yellow cover with black print. It practically screamed out at [...]

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