Monthly Archives: February, 2015

The Monday Melee: Game On

What We're Reading "The Fed Is Nervous, And Maybe That's A Good Thing" (Forbes) The historical and cultural differences that divide Europe’s union: (Financial Times) Larry Summers...

How Much can you Lose in the Stock Market?

If your portfolio isn't properly diversified, the answer is a lot, but even if you craft a diversified equity portfolio your losses can be...

Greek Drama: The Final Act?

Greece is back on the front pages of the financial press. Why is a country whose GDP is a rounding error in the $75...

40 Years is a Helluva Long-time

Cashing in on the Fed’s zero percent interest rates while the going is still good, Microsoft is issuing $10.75 billion in bonds—an increase from...

The Monday Melee: Greenspan, Beer and Budgets

Greenspan: Political Crisis Coming What We're Reading: What Democrats and the CBO Don’t Get (The Wall Street Journal) The one percent earn the same share of income...

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Are You Living Your Best Retirement Life Like They Are?

In my conversation with you, we talked about how...

Good as Gold: Will Ron Paul Audit the Fed?

The price of gold has reached new highs. In...

January CPI Growth Driven by Shelter, Energy, and Food Prices

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the...

How’s Your Margin of Safety for Fixed Income?

You might be getting flooded with emails about “guaranteed”...

Vanguard, Bogle, Young and Your First Grade Teacher

I know that you know Vanguard lowered its fees...

Startups Challenge China’s Rare Earth Stranglehold

Robert Wright of the Financial Times reports that HyProMag,...

U.S. Seeks Access to Ukrainian Resources

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will visit Ukraine this week...

Trump’s Trade War Deepens Central Bank Divide

Sam Fleming, Valentina Romei, Ian Smith, and Claire Jones of the Financial Times...

Bleeding Cash: How Tariffs Could Push Chinese Firms to the Brink

According to Hannah Miao of The Wall Street Journal,...

Underinsured and Overexposed: LA’s Wildfires and the Jumbo Loan Dilemma

Ann Choi, Yizhu Wang, and John Gittelsohn of Bloomberg...