Tag: Dollars and Sense

Dollars and Sense: Understanding risk tolerance

Jeff LeFave To succeed as an investor, you might think you need to know about the economy, interest rates and the fundamentals of companies in which you’d like to invest. And all these things are indeed important. But it’s most essential to know yourself. Specifically, you need to know how much risk you are willing…

Dollars and Sense

Jeff LeFave When interest rates rise, the value of your fixed-income investments, such as bonds, will typically fall. If this happens, how should you respond? First of all, it’s important to understand this inverse correlation between interest rates and bond prices. Essentially, when interest rates rise, investors won’t pay you full price for your bonds…

Dollars and Sense

  Don’t let your investments go on vacation Jeff LeFave Summer is here and so is vacation season. Americans spend a lot on their summer getaways, more than $100 billion in 2017 alone, as reported in Travel and Leisure magazine. When you hit the road, you will enjoy getting away from your regular tasks, but there’s…