Cumulative Returns: How News Services Can Confuse Investors
This is an excerpt from the whitepaper “Exaggerated Returns: How Trading Newsletters & Services Can Make Such Outrageous Claims, and How to Spot Them” by Joshua Wilson, CMT, AIF. Download the full document here. Let’s look at another way newsletters and services can confuse investors. This time, the confusion here comes from “cumulative returns.” With […]
Read ArticleShould Bitcoin Be a Part of My Investment Plan?
Question: I’ve seen Bitcoin in the news a lot lately because it has gone up in value. Is this something we should consider as part of my investment plan? As you might have guessed, the answer isn’t a simple yes or no. If that’s what you wanted, you shouldn’t be even considering throwing money at […]
Read ArticleFive Key Concepts for Financial Success
The following blog post is an excerpt of the WorthPointe e-book, The Informed Investor. We created The Informed Investor to show you a Nobel Prize–winning approach crafted to optimize your investment portfolio over time. We have designed it specifically to not only support you in your efforts to preserve what you already have, but to […]
Read ArticleAvoiding 8 Big Mistakes in Retirement
Tens of millions of Americans are looking forward to the day they retire. Others enjoy their profession and can’t imagine a life without work. Yet, even those folks recognize that one day they won’t wake up on a Monday and head into the office. In either case, a common goal is present — a comfortable […]
Read ArticleInvesting Shouldn’t be Complicated
The following blog post is an excerpt of the WorthPointe e-book, The Informed Investor. We created The Informed Investor to show you a Nobel Prize–winning approach crafted to optimize your investment portfolio over time. We have designed it specifically to not only support you in your efforts to preserve what you already have, but to […]
Read ArticleHow We Define Wealth Management
The following blog post is an excerpt of the WorthPointe e-book, The Informed Investor. We created The Informed Investor to show you a Nobel Prize–winning approach crafted to optimize your investment portfolio over time. We have designed it specifically to not only support you in your efforts to preserve what you already have, but to […]
Read ArticleThe 3 Biggest Misunderstandings About Options
In part 1 of this series, I described the main ways options are used (income, protection, favorable stock entries and diversification) as well as how they compare to stocks, risk-wise. Now, let’s talk about the biggest misunderstandings people have about options. First, people tend to learn just one strategy and then incorrectly assume the characteristics […]
Read ArticleAsk the Chief: Why is Gamma the Same for Call and Put Options?
Before I answer, I should warn anyone who is new to options trading that understanding my answer to this question requires you to already have a basic understanding of options. The truth is, all calls and puts don’t have the same Gamma. So a better way to ask the question is “Why do calls and […]
Read ArticleJoshua Wilson to be a Featured Speaker at Private Wealth Texas Forum Houston
Joshua Wilson, Chief Investment Officer at WorthPointe, will speak at Private Wealth Forum Houston on October 25, 2017. The event will take place at the Houston Club. For more details, visit the event website.
Read ArticleRick Wilkinson Earns Five Star Professional Designation
Congratulations to WorthPointe’s own Rick D. Wilkinson, CFP® for being named a Five Star Professional! The Five Star award is presented to wealth managers and other professionals in 45 markets in the U.S. and Canada. Five Star Professional conducts research to help consumers with the important decision of selecting a service professional. The Five Star […]
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