Category: Investing

  • Evergreen support for nature center

    Milwaukee’s Urban Ecology Center connects city residents with nature and one another. […]

  • Seeking answers in wrong questions

    By Kyle Tetting I’m frequently asked, especially recently, how we know we’re in a recession. To be technical, we aren’t officially in a recession until the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) says we are in a recession. And, while GDP growth is a consideration, the NBER looks at the pace of broad economic activity…

  • Good things come to investors who wait

    By Joel Dresang Patience is a necessary virtue for long-term investors. It directs us to stay still instead of rushing for the exit during stock sell-offs. It cautions us to remain calm as we watch the declining value of bonds we may be counting on in the short run. […]

  • Finding direction in the fundamentals

    By Kyle Tetting Earnings and interest rates. As I explained recent weakness in markets with some very patient clients in my office, those words brought me back to reality. I’d spent a few minutes opining on the actions of the Federal Reserve, the prospects of recession and the pressures of inflation. When I had finished…

  • Regard risk in reach for investment yield

    As investors seek to raise fixed-income returns amid low interest rates, Kendall Bauer warns that reaching for yield entails risks. Kendall spoke with Kyle Tetting in a MONEY TALK VIDEO that was part of the 2021 Investment Outlook Seminar. […]

  • Retirement investing: Consider Roth

    The Roth gives us another option for cash in our retirement arsenal, and it’s ours tax-free.

  • Money Talk Quiz: Why did they say that?

    To see if you’ve been paying attention, test your knowledge on a sample of what Landaas & Company advisors have addressed recently in Money Talk articles and during the weekly Money Talk Podcast. (Winners receive wisdom and bragging rights.) […]

  • Allocation to optimize reward vs. risk

    In a Money Talk Video from the 2020 Investment Outlook Seminar, Bob Landaas and Dave Sandstrom explain how investment mix is key to optimizing risk-adjusted returns. […]

  • Pessimism could send a contrary signal

    By Kyle Tetting Economists at Yale University’s decades-long confidence surveys ask investors what they believe the probability is of a “catastrophic stock market crash in the U.S. in the next six months.” Individual investors were as pessimistic as ever in August, according to survey data. The most recent report shows little improvement. […]

  • Separating politics from portfolios

    By Joel Dresang Economists from San Diego State University and the University of Kansas have studied the political partisan bias of mutual fund managers. What they found suggests investors are best served by separating their wallets from their ballots. […]