Thursday, December 18, 2014

Being smart with $$ -- Oil and emerging markets


Oil is down again.  Russia, Venezuela and other big producers are feeling the pain.  The S&P 500 index of U.S. stocks is up 9% year to date while emerging markets are down 9%.  So should we sell our emerging markets funds now?  Only a crystal ball can tell you that.  The collective wisdom of all stock market investors says emerging markets stocks are priced fairly to reflect their problems.  They may go up or down from here in the near term but if you have a well-diversified portfolio, any one holding should not hurt you much and when it starts growing you will be glad you didn't sell.
- Larry Pike, CFA, Client Priority Financial Advisors LLC
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