The Risk of Looking Wrong

Our business is an interesting one. Every day we have to decide how to get the best potential return with the least amount of risk. It’s a business that requires us to peer into the future and attempt to determine the risks, based upon market levels, historical performance outcomes, and geo-political possibilities.

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…