With stocks and bonds declining in value during the first half of the year due to a myriad of concerns (not the least of which has been the highest inflation rate in nearly 40 years), I Bonds have caught the eye of investors due to their high current interest rate. However, with anything that receives […]
The cryptocurrency market is a rapidly growing segment of the financial markets. From its beginning 13 years ago with the invention of Bitcoin, it has grown to over $2.5 trillion dollars in market cap and over 6,700 cryptocurrencies. While maybe even a couple of years ago it could be written off as a fad, as […]
The title of this article is a quotation of William Shakespeare from his play The Tempest. The phrase means that history sets the context for the present. By knowing what has happened in the past, we can determine appropriate courses of action for the future. Recency bias sometimes gets in the way of using the […]
We are excited to announce the option of incorporating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) focused investments into your existing investment program at RTD. Investors around the world are increasingly calling for greater alignment between their investments and their values, in conjunction with greater transparency about how and where their money is invested. This demand is […]
By now you probably have heard about what has been happening with the trading in GameStop and other highly shorted companies. I missed it, what happened? Several “professional investors” believed GameStop was a bad investment. As such, they felt the price of its stock would fall as other investors realized it was a bad investment […]
As we move ever closer to November 3rd, the 2020 presidential election is once again shaping up to be a polarizing event for our country. To top it off, the impacts of COVID-19 bring new challenges regarding the voting process and its integrity, due in part to an election that will involve the widespread use […]
It’s not necessary to do extraordinary things to get extraordinary results.” – Warren Buffett Since RTD’s founding in 1983, we have been inspired over the years by the generous passion of so many individuals and corporations who have been striving to make this a world a better place, not just for today but for generations to […]
The recent market volatility has brought the subject of behavioral finance back into focus. There are biases inherent in the human mind that affect a person’s ability to make sound decisions, whether they are related to an investment portfolio or everyday life. Over the coming quarters, I’ll be looking at a number of these biases […]