The 1973 Oscar for best music was given to Maureen McGovern for, “There Has to be a Morning After,” the theme from the Poseidon Adventure, a disaster movie about a cruise ship flipping upside down. Among the lyrics; There’s got to
The November 3rd U.S. elections will climax what is sure to be a circus of misinformation, angry partisanship and endless political ads. Investors hoping to find actions to preserve or grow their retirement portfolios are grasping for investment ideas or
Stephen Gibson joined Hoover Financial in June 2020 as Chief Investment Officer. Stephen is a 30-year veteran of investment management and has managed more than $160 billion in assets in more than 140 different investment products. He has consulted with
Due to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, stay at home orders have many Pennsylvanians spending more time, well, at home. Whether it is gardening, home improvement projects, or just more time on Netflix or Spotify, many of us are seeking ways
As the Coronavirus continues to unfold, the team at Hoover Financial Advisors would like to share a third party perspective that we think is both timely and relevant. This commentary is written by Joe Davis, Vanguard’s Global Chief Economist. Our
As we enter the holiday season, we observe that Christmas has noticeably come early for investors this year. November was the best month of 2019 for equity investors, and on the whole, this has been a year of strong investment
Last month, the U.S. Federal Reserve decreased short-term interest rates for the second time in three months. Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives launched an impeachment inquiry surrounding President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine. And the market, more or less,
Last month, a brief inversion of the yield curve brought pundits out in force to prognosticate upon the possibilities of a coming recession. Concerns about Brexit, fears about the ongoing trade conflict with China, and the possibility of auto tariff
Stock market volatility has been grabbing news headlines throughout the year as market gyrations seem to have condensed 2 years of price action into 1 year. After a year of benign volatility in 2017, the market has been on a
Market timing generally refers to approaches that seek to outperform a traditional static asset allocation by switching back and forth between asset classes. It’s a short-term strategy, in which the investor tries to benefit by switching into investments that appear
Bring back 2017! For the last nine quarters, the broad Standard & Poor's 500 stock index was positive and investors generally made money. For the first quarter of 2018, the index