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Hopkins Investment Management Says People Should Still be Investing

It seems counter-intuitive. When most people are cutting their investments and hoarding their money, an Annapolis-based financial planning and personal asset wealth management firm is recommending to its clients and anyone who will listen that they should keep investing if they want to make money.

“Putting your money in checking accounts is the safe bet, but not the smart one,” says Martin Hopkins, president and co-founder of Hopkins Investment Management and a financial expert for more than 25 years. “It’s true that you will not lose your money that way, but you also won’t gain any, not with interest rates as low as they are.”

Instead, Hopkins and his team, which includes international award-winning investment manager Rob Spanjaard, who manages a mutual fund which has earned 17 percent more than the S&P 500 and who guided his clients away from much of the market falls, believes people should continue investing, albeit smartly, with an eye for when the economy will rebound. Continue…