Market days like the one we had yesterday can be scary. At its low point, the S&P 500 was down 3.7%; the equivalent of a 993 point drop in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It was the first time we’ve had a drop of 2.5% or more in a day since the fourth quarter of… Read More

All in all, the second quarter turned out to be a good one for stocks. The S&P 500 was up 4.3% on a total return basis (including dividends), but it wasn’t easy getting there. The index initially continued its first quarter run higher, eventually setting a new high on May 3rd thanks to a first… Read More

Dalbar, a firm that has been analyzing investor returns based on cash flow data from mutual funds since 1994, recently reported that the average investor lost twice as much as the S&P 500 in 2018. Their latest Quantitative Analysis of Investor Behavior report estimated that the average investor lost 9.4% during the full year. This… Read More

We are pleased to introduce the newest member of the BAMG team, Jennifer Combs!  Jennifer is joining Brand Asset Management Group as an Operations Analyst. Her official bio can be read on our website here, but to help you get to know Jennifer, we’ve asked her to share a little about her life…  Welcome to the team! Tell us a… Read More

In some years it’s easy to be an investor. In other years, markets will test your resolve. 2018 was a “testy” year globally. Following solid gains in 2017, markets began to hit turbulence in February. For a little while afterward, US markets moved higher, while international markets flattened out. But then early in the fourth… Read More