Cardinal Rules – Stick To Your Game

It is certainly an understatement to say that these are challenging times for investors—and the advisors who help them. Gone are the days when buying a stock index investment or redoing the pie-chart of your asset allocation assured success. Even bond investors are nervous as they face credit quality concerns, price volatility and declining income due to interest rate reductions. During these stormy times, investors need to possess and use certain basic skills to give themselves a better chance of success. In this Thoughts for Investors I will outline some of those basics.

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This material was created while Al Boris was at a previous broker/dealer and has been rebranded to reflect his current firm, Alex. Brown, a Division of Raymond James. It is provided for historical purposes only. Investors should not act on the historical comments which do not reflect current market conditions.