January 5, 2021 New Year Predictions Looking ahead is a valuable tool for successful investors, but it is dangerous to look farther ahead than one can reasonably see.  While it is good to keep an eye out for a curve while driving, it does no good trying to see around that curve, and trying can distract you from the real task at hand which is keeping

December 1, 2020 What the Markets Are Doing (By Ryan Redfern, Shadowridge Asset Management, LLC) November appears to be getting back to normal for the stock market now that we’re past the election tension.  Volatility, measured by the VIX index, has been steadily falling back to the lows we saw in mid-August.  And the S&P 5001 has slowly risen back to, and just beyond, the highs

November 3, 2020 Finishing 2020 Strong By Guest Columnist, Phil Lebkuecher, Shadowridge Asset Management, LLC Our guest columnist from Shadowridge Asset Management, LLC is Phil Lebkuecher, an Investment Advisor Representative of Shadowridge holding the Behavioral Financial Advisor certification. You know you’ve been doing something for a long time when a colleague describes you as an “industry veteran.” That’s the way Will Hepburn described me to his

September 30, 2020 Artificial Intelligence? By Guest Columnist, Laura Redfern, CFP®, Shadowridge Asset Management, LLC A.I., or artificial intelligence, can be found everywhere these days: from marketing (“you might like this…” based on what you bought last time) to traffic (in Austin, the price for some toll roads changes based on traffic flow). A.I. is a powerful technology that can be attractive in many industries. So,

September 1, 2020 How to Know Who Will Win in November A frequent question from clients, friends and even strangers these days is “what will the election do to the stock market?”  History shows us several trends generated by presidential elections. Even if no one knows for sure exactly what will happen, these trends show us what happens, on average, in election years. On average during