The Importance of Investment Volatility with Kirk Loury

By MCM-Wealth-Podcast | June 21, 2023

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Are you ready to learn about investment volatility and why volatility is so important to investing?

In this episode, Kirk Loury, portfolio strategist at MCM Wealth and managing member of Advisable Wealth Engines talks about investment volatility and its importance. He breaks down what volatility is, how it’s measured, and why it isn’t necessarily a bad thing when it comes to investing. Kirk also explains what compounding is, how it works with volatility, how investors can address bad volatility in a portfolio, and how they can stay informed about volatility but can’t predict it.

Kirk discusses:

What volatility is and how it is measured in investing
Why volatility isn’t necessarily a bad thing when it comes to investing
How compounding works with volatility
How to address bad volatility in a portfolio and when investors should worry
What technologies are available to evaluate an investment’s volatility
How an investment structure impacts its predictability
And more

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About Our Guest:

Kirk Loury provides integration between MCM’s marketing, investment strategies and implementation. He is also co-founder and managing member of Advisable Wealth Engines. Mr. Loury has over thirty years’ experience in a variety of executive roles covering investing, marketing, and wealth-technology deployment. He has a particular expertise in applying well-conceived insurance products as investments within a wealth plan to minimize portfolio volatility, deliver high tax efficiency, and meet multi-generational income goals. While having experience with institutional investors, Mr. Loury’s primary focus is with private wealth investors including family offices. Kirk Loury received a bachelor’s degree in marketing from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and an MBA from the Harvard Business School.