Learning the Hard Way

There’s an old joke we like to repeat from time to time. It goes like this: “How do you make a 33 year-old guy act like a 43 year-old guy?”  The answer?  “Wait ten years.” It’s not the kind of joke that elicits huge belly laughs, but delivered at the proper moment and in the…

February Madness

In our Investment Commentary last month, Good News is Bad News, we illustrated how the dramatic drop in the stock market was instigated by ONE measly data point. Wage growth for the month of January ran a little higher than expected, stoking fears of inflation. We didn’t panic because we were not concerned (yet) that…

Boyer & Corporon Wealth Management Announces New CEO

Richard Boyer has been named Chief Executive Officer of Boyer & Corporon Wealth Management (BCWM), effective February 13, 2018, and succeeds Mindy Corporon, who has stepped down to devote more time to her family’s Faith Always Wins Foundation. In addition to being CEO, Boyer will maintain his current role as Chief Investment Officer, having served…

The Hazards of Trying to Time the Market

Contrary to what many “experts” would have you believe, no one — and this includes our team at Boyer Corporon Wealth Management — has a crystal ball (although we do consult our Magic 8 Ball and it says, “Ask Again Later”). We can make educated predictions, but we do not know when the next market…

Good News is Bad News

This week witnessed one of the largest selloffs in the market since 2011. CNBC couldn’t have been more giddy. Perceived fear and panic equal increased ratings. And television news is NOT about relevant information. It is about ratings. Even our own local meteorologist tweeted about the selloff on Monday: Proving that meteorologists should stick to…