Posts by Petersen Hastings Team
Pursuing a Better Investment Experience
Whether you’ve been investing for decades or are just getting started, at some point on your investment journey you’ll likely have questions regarding how to improve your odds of investing success. Petersen Hastings is here to help. Learn more about the 10 key principles, using data and reasoning, that may help improve your odds of…
Read MoreMarket Commentary: Second Quarter
If you are a die- hard women’s soccer fan or if you like following and supporting national sports, you might have tuned into the Women’s World Cup Soccer tournament. The U.S. women had the difficult task of defending their title as the World Cup champions. At the beginning of the tournament, many people had predicted…
Read MoreTiming Isn’t Everything
The lure of getting into the stock market at the right time or avoiding the next downturn may tempt even disciplined, long-term investors. The reality of successfully timing markets, however, isn’t as straightforward as it sounds. To learn more, download our free issue brief, Timing Isn’t Everything.
Read MoreThe Randomness of Global Equity Returns
Investment opportunities exist around the globe, but no one needs to be an expert in every region to benefit from those opportunities. A well-diversified global portfolio can help capture the returns of markets around the world and deliver more reliable outcomes over time. To learn more, download our free issue brief, The Randomness of Global…
Read MoreThe Uncommon Average
The US stock market has delivered an average annual return of about 10%. Most years, though, have been a lot different than the average. Understanding the range of outcomes can help increase the odds of a successful investment experience in the long term. To learn more, download our free issue brief, The Uncommon Average.
Read MoreMarket Commentary: First Quarter
REBOUND! It’s what we might have been yelling at the TV as we watched our favorite team during the men’s NCAA basketball tournament. March madness is certainly an exciting time for basketball fans as they anticipate their tournament bracket doing well. REBOUND is exactly what has happened to global equities over the last three months.…
Read MoreMarket Commentary: Fourth Quarter
2018 is a wrap. In a year where we had the World Cup, the Winter Olympics, an election, restructured trade deals, and many other events, people are still very interested in their investments, making money, and achieving their financial goals. According to Google Trends: the most searched “what is…?” was “Bitcoin.” Number seven for “How…
Read MoreMarket Commentary: Third Quarter
The third quarter of 2018 was generally good for the U.S. stock markets, especially large growth companies. The fairly strong U.S. markets were mostly offset by foreign stock market performance. The strengthening U.S. dollar provided a strong headwind for foreign investments, especially the emerging markets asset class. The U.S. economy seems to have responded to…
Read MorePursuing a Better Investment Experience
Whether you’ve been investing for decades or are just getting started, at some point on your investment journey you’ll likely have questions regarding how to improve your odds of investing success. Petersen Hastings is here to help. Learn more about the 10 key principles, using data and reasoning, that may help improve your odds of…
Read MoreMarket Commentary: Second Quarter
After a very tumultuous first quarter, the second quarter of the year seemed pretty tame. The talk of tariffs and diplomatic meetings with North Korea dominated most of the financial headlines, while the major stock indexes bounced around near zero for the year. The U.S. stock market represented by the S&P 500, and international stock…
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