Blog by Mike Halper, CFP®, MPAS®, SE-AWMA®, CDAA, CBDA

What Is Asset Allocation?

01/23/2021 09:00 AM By Mike Halper, CFP®, MPAS®, SE-AWMA®, CDAA, CBDA - Comment(s)
What Is Asset Allocation?
Asset allocation. It’s so ingrained in how we manage our clients’ investment portfolios, we talk about it all the time. But what …

The Human Factor in Evidence-Based Investing

01/21/2021 01:37 PM By Mike Halper, CFP®, MPAS®, SE-AWMA®, CDAA, CBDA - Comment(s)
The Human Factor in Evidence-Based Investing
We turn now to the final and arguably most significant factor in your evidence-based investment strategy: the human factor. In short, your own impulsive reactions ...

What Has Evidence-Based Investing Done for Me Lately?

01/20/2021 09:00 AM By Mike Halper, CFP®, MPAS®, SE-AWMA®, CDAA, CBDA - Comment(s)
What Has Evidence-Based Investing Done for Me Lately?
As Eugene Fama has explained, “You should use market data to understand markets better, not to say this or that hypothesis is literally true or false. No model is ever strictly true. The real criterion should be ...

The Essence of Evidence-Based Investing

01/18/2021 09:00 AM By Mike Halper, CFP®, MPAS®, SE-AWMA®, CDAA, CBDA - Comment(s)
The Essence of Evidence-Based Investing
As with any risky venture, there are no guarantees that you’ll earn the returns you’re aiming for, or even recover your stake. This leads us to why we so strongly favor evidence-based investing. So what does evidence-based investing entail?

Lump-Sum Investing vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging - Part 1: Raw Returns

01/16/2021 09:00 AM By Mike Halper, CFP®, MPAS®, SE-AWMA®, CDAA, CBDA - Comment(s)
Lump-Sum Investing vs. Dollar-Cost Averaging - Part 1: Raw Returns
Good news – you have an extra $24,000, and you’ve decided to invest it in the stock market. It’s always nice to have investable cash on hand, but ...

The Business of Investing

01/15/2021 09:00 AM By Mike Halper, CFP®, MPAS®, SE-AWMA®, CDAA, CBDA - Comment(s)
The Business of Investing
With all the excitement over stocks and bonds, and their ups and downs in headline news, there is a key concept often overlooked: Market returns are ...
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