Dave S. Gilreath, CFP

Stock market turbulence may increase in the coming weeks, as it has in early autumn in recent years. This time, bumps from potentially rising volatility could be especially rough because of existing market chaos.

Stock market turbulence may increase in the coming weeks. Yet investors shouldn’t be looking around for parachutes marked “sell.”

Since 1960, reinvested dividends have accounted for 84% of the total return of the S&P 500

How to earn money ‘while you sleep’.

No matter what your age or risk tolerance, investing is a lot easier and likely more successful if your perspective is informed by market history.

Many investors are looking for assets that don’t move with stocks and are inflation-proof. Are REITs the answer?

Many investors are looking for assets that don’t move with stocks are inflation proof. Are REITs the answer?

Fear that a market-punishing recession is right around the corner seems ubiquitous.

Is the economy on the verge of a crash? Let’s examine what the facts say.

Contrary to popular belief, high volatility is not a terroristic threat to investors. Rather, it is a natural part of the stock market.

Here are some common myths and reasons to reject them.

Individual investors often approach stock purchases with trepidation, yet you can ease these fears by assessing trends.

Many physicians on the cusp of retirement are concerned about whether their portfolios will generate enough income now that inflation has hit a 30-year high.

After lagging large company stocks in recent years, small company stocks — currently the outsiders of the equity market — appear to be mustering to rise.

The rapid growth of ETFs makes more tightly focused strategies accessible to individual investors, especially those bewildered by the often daunting task of picking stocks.

Companies short on innovation won’t be able to adapt to changing markets and thus are imperiled.

Market outlooks aplenty make optimistic predictions about the near-term future of autonomous vehicles, but should you invest in them?

Investing in such companies can be a lower-risk way to position for returns driven broadly by the ongoing digital revolution.

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Expectations of economic growth push up stock valuations in advance but often not so much when this growth actually occurs.

The media’s assumption that rising interest rates are bad for stocks is remarkable — for being flat-out wrong.

Dave S. Gilreath offers financial wisdom based on the precarious situation taking place in the stock market as a result of the coronavirus.

Although the market is still going great guns and hitting new highs, fears of a near-term bear market are prompting many to take money out of stocks and invest it in bonds with historically low yields, fueling brisk bond inflows at an unlikely time.