Investment Strategies for 2019: How to Conquer Q1
January 11, 2019
New year, new investment strategy? If you’re keen to take a more hands-on approach with your portfolio, consider these ideas for the first quarter.
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Dow reverses course and ends higher despite trade, Brexit concerns
December 10, 2018
“Everything is all over the map. Investors are trying to find some kind of direction,” said Chris Cook, founder and president of Beacon Capital Management. “But it’s almost as if there’s a buffet of things to worry about.”
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Has FAANG Lost Its Bite as a Tech Stock Grouping?
November 3, 2018
Have the FAANGs gone their separate ways for good? The stocks share one important thing in common: Huge gains in recent years that have outperformed the broader market by a wide margin. But their differences now dwarf their similarities in the eyes of many professional investors and portfolio managers…
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Dow ends higher Friday, but can’t erase week’s rout
October 12, 2018
Market watchers can go into the weekend thinking it could have been a lot worse. Stocks pulled off a strong showing Friday, but the rally wasn’t quite enough to recoup the steep losses from an earlier two-day rout…
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Bloomberg Radio: Market Volatility
October 11, 2018
Chris Cook joins Bloomberg Radio to share insights on recent market volatility.
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Alternatives to Outdated “Rule of 100” Strategy
October 4, 2018
One steadfast investment philosophy is the notion that a heavy investment in bonds is a guarantee of consistent and steadfast earnings. In many traditional portfolio strategies, investors cite the “rule of 100” as a method to deciding asset allocation. In this strategy, the investor holds a percentage of equities equal to 100 minus their age – so for an investor age 60, they would hold a split of 60% bonds and 40% equities…
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Beacon Capital Management Earns Spot on Inc. Magazine 37th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
August 17, 2018
Beacon Capital Management (www.BeaconInvesting.com), a registered investment advisory firm that seeks to offer long-term investors innovative portfolio management solutions, for the second time has been named to Inc. magazine’s 37th Annual List of America’s fastest-growing private companies with a ranking of No. 2057 and a three-year sales growth of 217 percent…
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Beacon Capital Management Earns Spot on Inc. Magazine 37th Annual List of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies
August 17, 2018
Dayton, Ohio – August 17, 2018–Beacon Capital Management (www.BeaconInvesting.com), a registered investment advisory firm that seeks to offer long-term investors innovative portfolio management solutions, for the second time has been named to Inc.magazine’s 37th Annual List of America’s fastest-growing private companies with aranking of No. 2057 and a three-year sales growth of 217 percent. This list which is a ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies represents a unique look at the most successful companies within the American economy’s independent small businesses segment. “Earning a place on this list for the second year indicates that we are doing right…
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How to Slash Your Investing Risk (with Chris Cook)
July 11, 2018
Investing can be scary, especially if you’re just starting out. What if your money evaporates overnight? What if some unforeseen event happens and my investments are wiped out?…
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The Wall Street Journal: Facebook, Google Aren’t Tech Stocks? What That Means for Investors
July 1, 2018
Chris Cook, president and CEO of investment adviser Beacon Capital Management, said he nearly pulled his clients’ assets out of Vanguard’s telecom exchange-traded fund earlier this year because the firm was facing liquidity issues when trying to trade large blocks of shares. Beacon manages $3 billion in assets, the vast majority in ETFs tracking the 11 S&P 500 sectors. “It wasn’t a diversified sector, and that’s why we buy ETFs and invest at the sector level,” he said.
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