Most everyone who invests has heard the following cliché; It’s time in the market not timing the market. Our question is, do investors actually adhere to it?

LCM Capital Management, has always despised the New Year since our firm’s inception more than 25 years ago. The reason: it’s when our financial industry parades out their analysts, strategists, and economists, aka “experts”, and tell the investing population what they believe is going to happen in the coming year.

Depending on the person, presidential election years can be entertaining. Personally, I hate them, but it is our job to pay attention to what is happening in the world and how it might be affecting our clients’ portfolios. This blog reviews election year and political party impact on the economy and investment returns.

According to recent Atlanta Fed GDP models, they are now projecting above forecast economic growth as we move through the year. Do they really know what to expect?

LCM Capital Management has always been a big proponent of buying, whenever possible for our clients, individual fixed income securities such as municipal bonds, CD’s, Treasuries etc. Read this article to understand why.

Being down 20% or 30% on your investments in any given year is a hard pill to swallow. What is even harder to swallow, you might also have to pay capital gains taxes as well. Let that sink in for a moment. You have lost money and yet you still owe taxes. Read more about how this is possible.

You work hard for your money, but is your money working hard for you? It’s this simple question that motivated me to pursue a career in the financial industry. I believe everyone should ...