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Fisher Investments Insights
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Investing is a complex and time-consuming endeavor for even the most experienced investors. Having seen many investors struggle to make sense of market movements over the years, Fisher Investments is excited to publish our insights through Reuters Plus to help put events and their impact on stocks in perspective. Fisher Investments and its subsidiaries manage billions of dollars’ worth of assets for thousands of clients across Europe and North America. We’re excited to share the knowledge we’ve gained in this time to help investors, like you, meet their goals.
A Fisher Investments Yield Curve Primer
The yield curve is not the end-all-be-all harbinger of future economic activity. But understanding what a yield curve inversion might mean for the economy and stocks can be a powerful tool in an investor’s arsenal.
Learn MoreFisher Investments gets to know each client on a one-on-one basis and tailors investment plans to each individual’s goals. Our clients also benefit from having a dedicated investment counselor—an investment professional who knows them by name and regularly analyzes their objectives to ensure their strategies are aligned with their financial needs in retirement. Investments counselors’ sole focus is providing industry-leading client service—they don’t sell financial products or earn commissions on trades in clients’ accounts.
Fisher Investments: US Stocks Are Great. Invest Overseas Anyway
The US has the largest stock market of any country on Earth. However, we believe investing globally can provide significant advantages including diversification options that may alleviate country-specific risk and offer more opportunities for growth.
Learn MoreLEI: The “Leading” Edge of Economic Indicators
In a world of abundant economic data, investors are constantly aiming to optimize their market forecasts. But which economic indicators should investors pay the most attention to? Fisher Investments explains why investors might consider the Leading Economic Index when evaluating the economy.
Learn MoreFisher Investments on What Makes a Good Inflation Hedge
Fisher Investments believes global stocks provide a good inflation hedge over other commodities. This is in part because stocks’ earnings historically perform well alongside inflation. Fisher Investments shares how the mere existence of higher inflation is not a reason to shun stocks.
Learn MoreFisher Investments: No Bull Market is Easy
As pundits and investors begin to question the staying power of the current bull market, it is important for investors to remember that bull markets never move up in a straight line. Every bull market weathers temporary corrections and, far more often than not, rewards patient investors who stay the course.
Learn MoreThe Basis for Portfolio Construction, in Fisher Investments’ View
We believe selecting the right portfolio benchmark is one of the most important decisions an investor can make. A benchmark provides a practical roadmap to a proper asset allocation and can also be a useful measuring stick for portfolio performance. Fisher Investments believes a benchmark can help set realistic return expectations and instill investment discipline when making portfolio decisions.
Learn MoreThe COVID Era’s Chief Investing Lesson, According to Fisher Investments
Many investors think the stock market rise during the COVID era is “wrong.” We believe the swift market recovery beginning in March 2020, is an example of how efficiently stocks pre-price all widely known information and reflect forward-looking expectations. Fisher Investments explains why the markets’ reaction to subsequent COVID variants and related lockdowns has diminished, meaning the current bull market is likely here to stay awhile.
Read MoreWhy Fisher Investments Says Demographics Aren’t Destiny for Markets
Demographers are forecasting major population shifts in the coming years, including shrinking populations across the Northern Hemisphere. Are these bearish signals for financial markets? Fisher Investments reminds us that population shifts have little predictive power for stock prices as these shifts play out over many years.
Read MoreFisher Investments on Why Dividend Stocks’ Magic Is a Myth
Many pundits glorify the stability and security of dividend-paying stocks. But can you count exclusively on these types of stocks to perform reliably and fund your future goals? Fisher Investments shares how investors can consider a diversified approach to maximize portfolio returns.
Learn MoreFisher Investments: Why You Should Say No to ‘Income Investing’
Need investment income in retirement? Many people go about it all wrong. Pursuing income-generating securities exclusively could reduce the likelihood of generating the required capital growth to help achieve your long-term goals. Fisher Investments says thinking about income a little differently may help you avoid making this mistake.
Learn MoreFisher Investments Puts Stock Sector Leadership Rotation in Context
It is no secret that tech has been the top-performing stock market sector over the last decade. But can you count on tech to continue to dominate the market? Fisher Investments reminds investors to consider a diversified approach to portfolio management.
Learn MoreWhy Fisher Investments Doesn’t Buy Slow-Growth Fears
Some pundits argue that slowing economic growth could signal malaise for stocks. But does history prove that point? Fisher Investments looks back at economic and market history to unravel the true relationship between GDP and the stock market.
Learn MoreOwn Many Funds? Fisher Investments on Overdiversified-Portfolio Problems
Diversification is usually a good thing for long-term investors and retirement savers. But, Fisher Investments believes many mutual fund and ETF investors could be unintentionally hampering their investment goals by over-diversifying their portfolios.
Learn MoreExchange-Traded Funds Versus Stocks: Fisher Investments Weighs In
Should you invest in funds or individual stocks? The answer depends on your personal situation and goals. Fisher Investments discusses important factors to consider when deciding which is right for you—as well as some insights regarding a new breed of ETFs.
Learn MoreWhy Fisher Investments Thinks Investors Shouldn’t Get Comfortable With Cash
You may strategically hold extra cash to reduce your portfolio’s exposure to equity market swings or to enhance your cash reserves. While having an adequate emergency fund is important, holding too much cash could limit your portfolio’s long-term growth potential. For investors who need their capital to grow over the long-term to meet their financial objectives, excess cash may be counterproductive and can present unintended risks.
Learn MoreWhy Fisher Investments Thinks Investors Seeking Safety May Be Taking Big Risks
Pundits often point to assets like government bonds or shiny metals as safe places to put your money—presumably, where you want to be when the stock market gets bumpy. But safe assets don’t exist, in Fisher Investments’ estimation. All carry some form of risk we think investors must weigh against potential returns.
Learn MoreWhy Fisher Investments Says Asset Allocation Doesn’t Equal Diversification
Some investors believe you can build a diversified portfolio simply by blending stocks, bonds, cash and other securities, so that if one asset class stumbles others might pick up the slack. But Fisher Investments believes this makes a fundamental mistake: confusing diversification with asset allocation.
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Read moreSix Considerations Fisher Investments Thinks Any Would-Be Bitcoin Buyer Should Weigh
Read moreFisher Investments on the Perils of Technical Analysis
Read moreFisher Investments Explains What to Weigh Against Volatility
Read moreFisher Investments’ Guide to Handling Negative Volatility
Read moreFisher Investments on America’s Record Trade Deficit
Read moreHow Fisher Investments Thinks About Politics and Stocks as 2021 Unfolds
Read moreWhat Investors Can Learn From Oil’s Big Swings
Read moreWhy Fisher Investments Thinks Global Trade Policy Is Key for Investors
Read moreWhy Fisher Investments Thinks Retirees Shouldn’t Shun Stocks
Read moreFisher Investments’ Perspective on How Politics Affects Markets
Read moreTempering the Taper-Tantrum Talk
Read moreThe Greedy Behavior Fisher Investments Says to Avoid Now
Read moreFisher Investments on 2021 Global Politics
Read moreFisher Investments On Why Investors Shouldn’t Fret the Shape of Recovery
Read moreFisher Investments On How The Pandemic Shook Up Many Folks’ Budgets. Its End Will, Too
Read moreDiversification—a How-to Guide From Fisher Investments
Read moreFisher Investments’ Perspective on Investing in China
Read moreInvestors Are Fighting the Last War, and That’s Ok for Stocks
Read moreStyle’s Significance in Stocks
Read moreHow Apple’s Stock Split Reveals the Dow’s Defects
Read moreFisher Investments on October’s Crash-Prone Reputation
Read moreWhy Fisher Investments Thinks Inflation Worries Are Premature
Read moreFisher Investments on REITs
Read moreFor Stocks, Growth’s Trajectory—Not Output Levels—Matter Most
Read moreWill CLOs Cause the Next Financial Crisis?
Read moreAnnuities and the Impossible Dream of Risk-free Growth
Read moreDon’t Put Much Value in Valuations
Read moreDon’t Let Technical Indicator “Tea Leaves” Drive Your Investment Strategy
Read moreFisher Investments Explains What Real-Time Data Can (and Can’t) Tell You
Read moreWhy Consumer Spending Is More Resilient Than Many Believe
Read moreWill Rising Debt Doom America?
Read moreFisher Investments on Two Potential Paths Forward From the COVID-19 Downturn
Read moreThe Post-Coronavirus Economic Recovery, According to Fisher Investments
Read moreWhy Ken Fisher Says Not to Overrate Early Presidential Polls
Read moreFisher Investments Reviews the History of Impeachment and Markets
Read moreWhy Fisher Investments Doesn’t Think Wealth-Tax Chatter Threatens Stocks
Read moreA Warning From Fisher Investments On The Specter of Debt
Read moreWeak Dollar? Strong Dollar? Which is Better for Stocks?
Read moreDon’t Fight the Fed?
Read moreUsing Ken Fisher’s First Question to Show Why Slower Hiring Data Aren’t Troubling
Read moreOil and Stocks Fickle Relationship
Read moreDollar-Cost Averaging Doesn’t Pay
Read moreIs America About to Declare a Currency War?
Read moreStop Using Stop-Loss Orders They Don't Work!
Read moreIs a Debt Doomsday Near?
Read moreDown with the Dow
Read moreThe Best Party for Stocks
Read moreUncovering Covered Calls
Read moreRetiring Baby Boomers Won’t Destroy the Stock Market
Read moreSell in May and Go Away?
Read moreETF Investing Is Rarely “Passive”
Read moreTaxes Don’t Move Stocks
Read moreStocks Long-Term Perseverance
Read moreWhy a Smaller Tax Refund May Be Good News in Disguise
Read moreIs the Stock Market More Volatile Now Than Ever Before?
Read moreDisclaimer: Investing in stock markets involves the risk of loss and there is no guarantee that all or any capital invested will be repaid. Past performance neither guarantees nor reliably indicates future performance.