by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Jan 14, 2009 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFADuring a recent charity dinner, I ended up at the same table as a successful financial newsletter writer. He is semi-retired now, in his seventies, but the many years he spent studying the financial markets and the economy have provided him...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Jan 2, 2009 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAReading the Fine Print Before You CommitAfter December’s holiday festivities, January can feel like a dreary, lonely month. So you can imagine how delighted I was when I picked up the mail the other week and found an invitation to a...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Nov 11, 2008 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA“For years,” a woman said during a recent telephone conference, “I was waiting for the real estate bubble to burst so that I could buy something. Now that it finally has, no one can get a mortgage.”While it is true that it is much more...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Oct 27, 2008 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAIn the last entry, an email I received inspired a discussion about fundamental stock analysis. This entry covers its counterpart, technical analysis.According to technical analysis, value is truly in the eyes of the beholder. Rather than...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Oct 24, 2008 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
I got an email from a client this morning, raving about this exceptional new stock everyone was talking about. It had already tripled since going public, and all the charts looked amazing.Curious, of course, I went online to do some research. The company was in the...
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFA | Oct 16, 2008 | Blog, Investing, Stacy $avvy Advice
by Stacy Francis, CFP®, CDFAMy husband and I just purchased our home and are so excited and smiley these days, when you see us you think we have slept with a hanger in our mouth. A home is something almost everyone wants, but acquiring one can take a lot of work – and...
