Michael Garcia, Ferguson Wellman's chief technology officer, offers tips for keeping information secure when online.
Tips for Staying Secure Online
Cryptocurrency FOMO - Are We Really Missing Out?
The explosion of cryptocurrencies and their meteoric returns over the last several years is causing some investors FOMO (fear of missing out). While cryptocurrencies, mostly Bitcoin, are in the news every day, very few investors understand their potential and the technologies that enable them. Rather, many are attracted to the highly-publicized returns they have generated in a very short amount of time. This has created something of a flywheel effect -- some may call it a bubble -- in which more investors are chasing these returns, which then drives returns higher, which then attracts more investors.
Panic Attack
Twelve months ago, investors were in a state of sheer panic as they were witnessing stocks freefall by over 30 percent.
Investment Strategy Webinar Recording: Post-COVID Sector Outlook
On Wednesday, June 10, our Chief Investment Officer, George Hosfield, CFA, and our investment team analysts Ralph Cole, CFA, Brad Houle, CFA, Peter Jones, CFA, Shawn Narancich, CFA, and Jason Norris, CFA, gave a webinar where they discussed our sector-specific outlook in a post-COVID world.
Ten Years After
As investors turn their calendars to 2020, we reflect on the previous decade in this holiday-shortened trading week.
Reshuffling the Deck
On Monday, the most widely followed U.S. equity index, the S&P 500, will re-arrange its sector classification system.
Stressed Out
Over the last month, financials and industrials have been the two worst performing sectors in the S&P 500. While the industrials sector can be explained due to the strengthening U.S. dollar and trade rhetoric, financials have been more perplexing.