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Interpreting The Correction

Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:00:58 +0000

Interpreting The Correction is a post from: Rainstone Financial

Interpreting The Correction is a post from: Rainstone Financial A blip in the bull market? Or is more selling ahead? A look at some opinions. Sooner or later, a bull market experiences a correction: a decline of at least 10% from a peak. We’ve now seen the first correction in the present bull market: the [...]

A Wild Thursday on Wall Street

Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC — Fri, 07 May 2010 01:26:59 +0000

A Wild Thursday on Wall Street is a post from: Rainstone Financial

A Wild Thursday on Wall Street is a post from: Rainstone Financial What’s the difference between “billions” and “millions”? About 650 points. Did a mistake make a sell off more severe? The Dow Jones Industrial Average settled at 10,520.32 Thursday after a 347.80 loss, with fears over European sovereign debt affecting Wall Street. Yet the [...]

Fed Stops Buying Mortgage-linked Securities

Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 13:00:32 +0000

Fed Stops Buying Mortgage-linked Securities is a post from: Rainstone Financial

Fed Stops Buying Mortgage-linked Securities is a post from: Rainstone Financial How will this impact the real estate market? The Fed pulls out of the mortgage market. On March 31, 2010, the Federal Reserve halted its 15-month-long program to buy up toxic mortgage-linked securities.1 Of all the things the Fed did to try and heal [...]

An Investor’s Best Friends

Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:09:08 +0000

An Investor’s Best Friends is a post from: Rainstone Financial

An Investor’s Best Friends is a post from: Rainstone Financial Meet diversification, patience and consistency. Any investor would do well to call on three friends during the course of his or her financial life: diversification, patience and consistency. Regardless of how the markets perform, they should be a part of your investment philosophy. Diversification. The [...]

How Fast the Markets Recover

Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 14:00:40 +0000

How Fast the Markets Recover is a post from: Rainstone Financial

How Fast the Markets Recover is a post from: Rainstone Financial A look at how the markets have rebounded through the years. The stock market is amazingly resilient. You might be surprised at how fast the stock market can change … for the better. Let’s look at how the market has recovered remarkably – and [...]

Roth IRA Conversions For 2010

jregenstein — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:00:38 +0000

Roth IRA Conversions For 2010 is a post from: Rainstone Financial

In 2010, anyone may convert a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. No income limits will stand in the way of the conversion.1 Should you do it? Here’s why it may (or may not) make sense for you to go Roth next year.

Preferred Stocks, a special category of securities worth exploring.

Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:35:36 +0000

Preferred Stocks, a special category of securities worth exploring. is a post from: Rainstone Financial

Preferred Stocks, a special category of securities worth exploring. is a post from: Rainstone Financial Stocks that tend to pay sizable dividends. Institutional and individual investors buy preferred stocks because they offer fixed dividends – in fact, dividend yields are typically greater than those of common shares.1 Preferred stocks are occasionally called hybrid securities, because [...]

Your Annual Financial To-Do List

Joseph Regenstein IV, CMFC — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:08:42 +0000

Your Annual Financial To-Do List is a post from: Rainstone Financial

Your Annual Financial To-Do List is a post from: Rainstone Financial Things you can do before and for the New Year. The end of the year is a good time to review your personal finances. What are your financial, business or life priorities for 2010? Try to specify the goals you want to accomplish. Think [...]