
What’s a girl to do? We want to grow our money, but the traditional mode of investing, the stock market, has just not been cooperating with our financial goals, at least for long term investors. Over the weekend, I read a great article in Barron’s by Michael Santoni. Here are a few highlights: The stock market is struggling to stay above a level it first reached almost 13 years ago! Jim Paulsen of Wells Capital gave the return for 10 years after any period that had 12 years of being flat or down, as we have now; a 7.2% annual gain, vs. 4.7% for all other times, excluding dividends. … [Read more...]









