Amicus Financial Advisors, LLC

05/07/2020

03/19/2020

The world is watching with concern the spread of the new coronavirus. The uncertainty is being felt around the globe, and it is unsettling on a human level as well as from the perspective of how markets respond.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn The world is watching with concern the spread of the new coronavirus. The uncertainty is being felt around the globe, and it is unsettling on a human level as well as from the perspective of how markets respond. At Amicus, it is a fundamental principle that markets are desi...

01/14/2020

Imagine it is early January 2010 and you are reading a review of the financial markets. Investors have been on a roller coaster over the past three years, living through the stress of the global financial crisis and market downturn of 2008–2009, then experiencing the recovery that began in March 2009 and is still going strong.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Imagine it is early January 2010 and you are reading a review of the financial markets. Investors have been on a roller coaster over the past three years, living through the stress of the global financial crisis and market downturn of 2008–2009, then experiencing the reco...

12/10/2019

2 days left to make a toy donation in support of the Boys & Girls Club of Lubbock annual Toy Drive. Stop by our office and make your donation before Thursday 12/12/19.

Help us fill up our box by donating a toy to the Boys & Girls Club of Lubbock annual Toy Drive.

11/29/2019

From your friends at Amicus, we want to wish everyone a safe and happy Thanksgiving!

11/26/2019

Attempting to buy individual stocks or make tactical asset allocation changes at exactly the “right” time presents investors with substantial challenges. First and foremost, markets are fiercely competitive and adept at processing information.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn OUTGUESSING THE MARKET IS DIFFICULT Attempting to buy individual stocks or make tactical asset allocation changes at exactly the “right” time presents investors with substantial challenges. First and foremost, markets are fiercely competitive and adept at processing inf...

11/20/2019

Help us fill up our box by donating a toy to the Boys & Girls Club of Lubbock annual Toy Drive.

11/12/2019

Hello everyone! We will be serving as a Boys & Girls Club of Lubbock Toy Drive Collection Site this year. The purpose of the Toy Drive is to make sure each child at the four locations of the Boys & Girls Club receives a gift at Christmas time this year.

The toy collection box will be at our office on the porch from 8 AM - 5 PM CST until December 12th.

Feel free to stop by and donate your gifts and say hello to our great team members at Amicus Financial Advisors.

10/07/2019

Looking at the stock market over the past 20 years, you might think of Charles Dickens: It was the best of times—and the worst. But while the 2000s and 2010s have differed starkly in performance, collectively they have reinforced investing lessons on patience and discipline.

https://www.amicusadvisors.com/a-tale-of-two-decades-lessons-for-long-term-investors/

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Comparing market returns across the 2000s and 2010s reinforces the benefits of diversification and pursuing known drivers of higher expected returns. The first decade of the 21st century, and the second one that’s drawing to a close, have reinforced for investors some tim...

09/23/2019

One of the most important goals you can set – and achieve – is to define the scope of your engagement in your own finances.

Continue reading at:

https://www.amicusadvisors.com/setting-goals-part-3/

Facebook Twitter 1 LinkedIn Build Your Investments Around Your Goals It is likely that your goals will be quite different from the examples I have given in my previous blog posts. A blog can’t tell you what your financial goals should be. Whatever your goals are – however conservative or radical...

09/23/2019

Unless financial objectives are properly considered in the development and implementation of your financial plan, there is a good chance that you will be managed by your investments, not the other way around.

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Build Your Investments Around Your Goals It is likely that your goals will be quite different from the examples I have given in my previous blog posts. A blog can’t tell you what your financial goals should be. Whatever your goals are – however conservative or radical, ...