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The Markets We’re off to a slow start. December is usually the best month of the year for the stock market. It has been since 1950, according to Randall Forsyth of Barron’s, but not so far this year. Two issues made investors particularly uncomfortable last week which helped trigger a sell-off that pushed major U.S. stock indices lower.
Historically, these maturities have inverted seven times. In one instance, the country was already in recession. On the other six occasions, recession didn’t occur for more than two years. Barron’s reported the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index gained an average of 20 percent over the 24-month periods following these inversions. Investors’ negative response to last week’s news may have been overdone. Financial Times reported European and Asian markets firmed up a bit Friday “…as buyers stepped back in after some savage falls on Thursday.” about time and money. Elizabeth Dunn, associate psychology professor at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, and Michael Norton, associate marketing professor at Harvard Business School, have been studying whether people should spend money differently. Their goal is to figure out how to get the most happiness for the dollars spent. In Happy Money: The Science of Happier Spending, they explained their experiments:
“…We started doling out money to strangers. But there was a catch: rather than letting them spend it however they wanted, we made them spend it how we wanted…changing the way people spent their money altered their happiness over the course of the day. And we saw this effect even when people spent as little as $5…Shifting from buying stuff to buying experiences, and from spending on yourself to spending on others, can have a dramatic impact on happiness.” In addition, buying time can improve happiness. How do you buy time? By paying someone else to do tasks you don’t like to do – cleaning, grocery shopping, home maintenance, and other tasks. This can relieve time pressure and free up time to do what you really want to do – and that can make you happier. The authors suggest individuals ask a simple question before making any purchase: How will this purchase change the way I use my time? Make sure the answer aligns with the goal of having an abundance of time. Weekly Focus – Think About It “Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.” --Mahatma Gandhi, Leader of Indian independence movement Securities offered through Mutual Securities, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC. Supervisory office located at 3140 Windsor Ct., Elkhart, IN 46514. Investment Advisory services offered through Guidance Investment Advisors, LLC, doing business as Guidance Wealth, LLC, a registered investment adviser registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Guidance Investment Advisors, LLC and Guidance Wealth, LLC are not affiliated with Mutual Securities, Inc. Sources: https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-latest-jobs-report-will-tie-the-feds-hands-next-year-1544208693?mod=hp_DAY_1 (or go to https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/peakcontent/+Peak+Commentary/12-10-18_Barrons-Its_the_Stock_Market_Stupid-Footnote_1.pdf) https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2018/12/08/a-trade-truce-between-america-and-china-is-over-as-soon-as-it-began (or go to https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/peakcontent/+Peak+Commentary/12-10-18_TheEconomist-A_Trade_Truce_Between_America_and_China_is_Over_as_Soon_as_it_Began-Footnote_2.pdf) https://www.barrons.com/articles/dow-drops-4-5-but-the-market-is-probably-overreacting-1544234320?mod=hp_DAY_6 (or go to https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/peakcontent/+Peak+Commentary/12-10-18_Barrons-Dow_Drops_4.5_Percent_as_the_Market_Panics_Over_Everything-Footnote_3.pdf) https://www.ft.com/content/2cda1c8a-f9be-11e8-8b7c-6fa24bd5409c (or go to https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/peakcontent/+Peak+Commentary/12-10-18_FinancialTimes-Trade_War_Concerns_Keep_US_Stocks_Under_Pressure-Footnote_4.pdf) https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Happy-Money/Elizabeth-Dunn/9781451665079 (Click on About the Author) https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/peakcontent/+Peak+Commentary/12-10-18_Book_Excerpt-Happy_Money-The_Science_of_Happier_Spending-Footnote_6.pdf https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/mahatma_gandhi_105593 * These views are those of Carson Group Coaching, and not the presenting Representative or the Representative’s Broker/Dealer, and should not be construed as investment advice. * This newsletter was prepared by Carson Group Coaching. 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