Stock Market Volatility: 3 Things You Shouldn’t Do

by Elle Kaplan | Apr 3, 2017 | Blog, Investing

Stock market volatility can be an uncomfortable ride. When your hard-earned wealth is invested in the stock market, seeing it rapidly increase and decrease in value can be disconcerting, to say the very least. Whether or not you’re affected by market volatility, it...

How to Handle Stock Market Volatility

by Elle Kaplan | Sep 13, 2016 | Blog, Investing

With the upcoming US presidential election, and uncertainty about the Brexit abroad, there is a great deal of political uncertainty in the air. Political views aside, uncertain times like these also tend to translate into heightened volatility in the stock market. So...

What to Do When There Is Increased Volatility in the Markets

by Elle Kaplan | Jan 8, 2016 | Allocation, Blog, Investing, Retirement, Wealth Management

Often, many investors will throw their strategy out the window at the first sign of an increase in volatility in the markets. However, this is more difficult to do if there is a concrete objective (like retirement) on the horizon. At LexION Capital we work hard to...

Should You Change Your Strategy When The Stock Market Hits New Highs?

by Elle Kaplan | Jun 8, 2017 | Blog, Investing

Recently, the stock market has been continually hitting all-time highs – for instance, the S&P 500 just clocked in at its highest closing value ever. When investors see wonderful performance like this, they’re often tempted to change their investment strategy, and...

Should You Try to Time The Stock Market?

by Elle Kaplan | Mar 15, 2017 | Blog, Investing

Market timing is the act of moving wealth in and out of the stock market with the goal of gaining higher profits and avoiding losses. And it’s possibly one of the most debated and argued fields in investing. On one hand, some experts claim they can pull it off...