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More than ever, we will be bombarded by news and it is up to us to constantly filter this news, and make the most of it and apply everything to our own personal situation.
Upon recently hearing a news report about the horrific events in North Eastern Japan, the journalist when being questioned, about his informaton, indicated it was hard to get everything straight, when he was at least 125-150 miles away, because of the imminent danger of being any closer.
The most difficult thing to do in a time of euphoria or disaster, is to separate your feelings from your money. It is our task here at Vision Financial, as your trusted financial consultant to always provide you with candid specifics, that will allow you to "step" back and see your investments, your portfolio and your personalized Financial Security Solution from the 30000 foot level.
In so doing, this will always allow you to have peace of mind, and be able to sleep at night!
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With the global events, of the past month, many things have happened, within the financial markets, and many more will happen. Numbers will change and prices will fluctuate. Many of the changes that we will see will have everything to do with "behavioural" investing, as opposed to "fundamental" investing. As catastrophic as the earthquake and resulting devastation to Japan, this "news", is taking a back seat to the Libyan situation, the Federal Budget, and the upcoming spring election. Oil prices are starting to soar, and our loonie is now over par with the U.S. dollar. The only thing that has not changed is that we still have a lot of "winter", and with the recent storm over the weekend, we are reminded that this "white stuff" will be with us for a while.
One of our resources, being Dan Richards, President of Client Insights, sent an article over the weekend, that supports the information, within this newletter. It is set up as a "template", in order that advisors, can copy, and send out as a letter, and we would like to refer you to the website, therefore if you would like to:
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| Trust in Fundamentals When Investing |
Having just read an article by Ray Turchansky in the Calgary Herald, his editorial, supports the age old advice, that investments, should always be based on fundamentals and not on emotion. I will attach the link to his article for your reference, and once you read through it, you will see, especially, in his last paragraph, that emotional investing often produces instantaneous and inappropriate moves.
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| Ignore the Headlines | |
I don't mean this in the sense, that we should be insensitive to what is happening in the world around us, but what I mean is that we should not be adjusting or readjusting our portfolios as a result of what we hear or read. The media is there to report news, however, "sensational" news reporting, always sells more newspapers so to speak, and their job within the media is to pull at our heartstrings. With the events of the last four weeks, this is not a hard task to undertake.
Take a look at the following link, by Rob Carrick and see if this makes sense to you.
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As we have always done, we will assist you in getting through these current events, whether good or bad, and lately most have been bad. Please call if we can answer for you, any questions or concerns you may have at this time. Again, please be assured that in times like these, with so much uncertainty in world events, you must continue to surround yourself with the best team of professionals possible. We are only too pleased to be part of your team.
Sincerely,
Gerry Miller BSA, CLU, RHU, CFP, EPC, CDFA
Vision Financial Inc
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