• Healthcare stocks falling are offset by contributions in my March 2019 portfolio update

    Portfolio Review – March 2019 – Healthcare Stocks Fall

    [This March portfolio review about healthcare stocks may contain affiliate links for which I receive a commission at no cost to you. I only recommend products I use and trust.] Healthcare stocks were an ugly sector to be in this month. The reason? A bevy of democratic candidates talking up medicare for all. It’s easy to see why that would be bad for healthcare. After all, there’s a ton of parties making money from our current healthcare system. However, that may change if certain candidates have their way. Uncertainty is rarely good for stocks so we saw a big dip in a lot of big healthcare names this month. That…

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    Portfolio Review – February 2019 – Stock Market Gains Return

    [This February portfolio review may contain affiliate links for which I receive a commission at no cost to you. I only recommend products I use and trust.] The last month was a perfect example as to why it’s so hard to time the market. You never know when the stock market gains will return and missing them is a huge hit to your returns. It was easy to feel negative about the market after the shellacking it took in December. After all, look at the performance of my own portfolio and the S&P in the first 24 days of December. As always, the graphics below are from Personal Capital. That’s…