Where Is the Stock Market Headed Next? Part II

Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

~ Saint Basil

Update: This post was included in the Carnival of Financial Planning – Edition #146. Thank you!

Today we’ll try to answer the last four questions posed by Kevin at Out of Your Rut in his article on where the stock market is [...] Continue reading Where Is the Stock Market Headed Next? Part II





Where Is the Stock Market Headed Next? Part I

Weather is a great metaphor for life – sometimes it’s good, sometimes it’s bad and there’s nothing much you can do about it but carry an umbrella.

~ Terri Guillemets

A couple of weeks ago Kevin at Out of Your Rut asked a question that a lot of people ask themselves and others pretty regularly: Where Do YOU Think the Stock Market Is Headed? He presented both [...] Continue reading Where Is the Stock Market Headed Next? Part I





How to Manage Your Money in Uncertain Times

There’s more than one answer to these questions
Pointing me in a crooked line.
And the less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

~ Indigo Girls, “Closer to Fine”

Those of you who have been reading Balance Junkie for a while know that my economic forecast is as follows: Cloudy with a Chance of Hurricanes. As such, I’m going to start with the assumption [...] Continue reading How to Manage Your Money in Uncertain Times





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