November 14, 2016
Last Tuesday, many Americans watched in great surprise as Donald Trump won our presidential election. Just that day, the New York Times had placed Hillary Clinton’s odds of winning at 85%,[i] based on a range of state and national polls. But, like the Brexit vote this past June, 2016 seems to be the year of unexpected outcomes.
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Financial Markets: Stocks Down but Long-Term View Up
November 7, 2016
We’re in the middle of an interesting moment for the markets, where short-term volatility and uncertainty might lead you to believe that the economy is faltering. After all, the major stock indexes lost ground this week, with the S&P 500 losing 1.94%, the Dow dropping 1.50%, the NASDAQ dipping 2.77%, and the MSCI EAFE declining 1.59%.
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Personalized Risk Management
Have you ever wondered how much risk your investments actually have? We can answer that question. LifePlan Financial recently implemented Riskalyze, the award winning risk engineering technology that mathematically pinpoints a client’s Risk Number, and aligns a client’s portfolio to match.
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