Monthly Archives: July, 2020

Dotcom Crash Era Patterns Threaten Stock Market Today

James Mackintosh warns in The Wall Street Journal that patterns that preceded the Dotcom crash are once again taking hold of the stock market....

Who’s Got Your Back in Times Like These?

Sometimes the most dangerous risk to your portfolio is you—because one of the more difficult actions an investor faces is when to sell a...

Do You Know any Insanely Stupid “Investors?”

At Bloomberg, Sarah Ponczek and Michael P. Regan report on the comments of Rob Arnott, who calls "buying bubble assets" an "insanely stupid" thing...

Your Portfolio Could Use This Investment as a Powerful Insurance Policy

There are very few real counterbalancers available in an asset bubble like the one being blown today by the Fed and other central banks. One...

The Finish Line is Near, and it Ain’t Pretty: What You Can Do Now

You can feel the shift as hope for a speedy recovery turns into despair. Today is especially hard for small businesses hoping to make...

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Kaizen: Are You Spending Your Money Foolishly? (Part 16)

In my conversations with you, you tell me about...

Rich Grandchild: There’s Nothing Wrong with Making Money Slowly (Part 26)

Are you familiar with my piece Rich Grandchild, Poor...

AI Data Center Boom Pushes Tahoe Residents Off the Grid

Fortune reports that nearly 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could...

Next-Gen Starship V3 Nears Debut After Successful Static Fire Test

SpaceX has completed a key static-fire test of its...

Paris Madame? Are You Spending Your Money Foolishly? (Part 9)

Want to go to Paris? Wondering if now is...

Amazon Launches “Amazon Now” for 30-Minute Deliveries in U.S. Cities

Amazon has launched Amazon Now, a new ultra-fast delivery...

Wall Street’s Dirty Secret

The New York Times ran a must-read article this week on the important differences between brokers and investment advisors. As I have written in the past, the difference between brokers, or self-labeled “financial advisors” who work for big brokerage houses, and registered investment advisors is stark. Brokers are held to a suitability standard whereas investment advisors are held to a fiduciary standard.

Dividend Paying Stocks and Taxes

This year the tax on dividend paying stocks for...

Election Investing: You Need to Be Like This

President Obama is credited with this bull market in...

Higher Rates Help Banks

Higher interest rates and a steepening yield curve, driven...