How fear and greed kill returns – Behavior Gap
Most of us make the same mistake with our money over and over: We buy high out of greed and sell low out of fear, despite knowing on an intellectual…
Market forecasting isn’t like the weather… – Behavior Gap
The facts have remained the same. Over time (think 10, 15, or 20 years), stocks typically do better than bonds, and bonds typically do better than cash. Low expenses are…
The Algebra of Wealth | No Mercy / No Malice
The news of the (second) impeachment seems strangely pedestrian after the blowtorch intensity of Reddit vs. The Hedge Funds. The good news is that the hedge funds didn’t conspire with…
The Dead Bodies I Left – Contrarian Thinking
Epic. One of the best rants I’ve read that explains EXACTLY how I feel about the current climate. -JRS
Massachusetts Regulators File Complaint Against Robinhood – WSJ
Massachusetts securities regulators filed a complaint Wednesday against the wildly popular trading platform operated by Robinhood Financial LLC, alleging the company aggressively marketed to inexperienced investors and failed to implement…
5 Rules on How to Win Any Argument
Let me start out by saying, Lord above I hope I am wrong. I hope everything I lay out here is ridiculous, never comes to fruition and that all the…
Americans Focused on Short-Term Risks When It Comes to Retirement Planning
SAN MATEO, Calif., June 05, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Americans are almost equally as concerned about short-term market volatility (47 percent) as they are about not achieving their long-term retirement…
Tactical asset allocation
Joe McLoughlin argues that developing a shorter-term sense of what is happening and being able to act on it might help enhance returns in the long run. Read the entire…
5 worst investment calls of this century
There’s a reason that I think it’s foolhardy to put too much stock in the predictions of our so-called “experts” in times of duress. Their track record is often (ahem)…
Uncertainty Overrides Our Common Sense
The desire we have for certainty and to make order out of chaos causes us to overlook the reality that life is uncertain. I understand why we do it. The…
The Market, Greece and Big Picture Thinking
I used to make market comments quite frequently, but I don’t so much these days. It’s not that I no longer have an interest; I do still find the markets…
4 Ways You’re Sabotaging Your Retirement in Your 30s
These four mistakes could cause big problems when you get closer to retirement age. – Matthew Frankel, Selena Maranjian, Dan Caplinger, and Jason Hall – Investment planning Source: 4 Ways…
Why It Doesn’t Matter What I Think About The Market
Should we have an opinion about the stock market, or even about the direction of the economy? Is it important to set a firm course of action based upon our…
How to Retire Early
When I work with people about their finances, it usually ends up not being about JUST finances. There’s so much emotion wrapped up in how we view money that we…