Everyone Loves a Sale-Right?

50% off! Why aren’t we happy?-Quite a few clients called us after reading their October account statements to ask, “Should I be scared, or does Financial Advantage have this under control?” A 50% nosedive in the S&P 500 index of large company stock prices is bound to unnerve any investor who is paying attention! This bear market has been even more punishing than the now-famous “bursting of the tech bubble” between January 2000 and October 2002, but it has happened in just one year! It’s more than a little disquieting; what’s going on?