The Biggest Buyer of Stocks
"Stockholders as a class are king. Acting as a majority they can hire and fire managements and bend them completely to their will." -...
Mission Paris
Last week I told you about The Best Table in Newport. After TSK, Chad Hoffer and Tyler Burnley felt Newport needed a good burger joint so...
The Intelligent Investor: Part II
“You Can Observe a Lot Just by Watching”—Yogi Berra
You may recall the summer of 1963 when The Beach Boys’ Surfin U.S.A hit #3 on...
The Intelligent Investor: Part I
“To me, Ben Graham was far more than an author or a teacher”, writes Warren Buffett in the preface to the 1973 edition of...
The Best Table in Newport
You’re in for a culinary treat at Thames Street Kitchen (TSK), especially if you sit at our favorite table—a huge-raised farm table—the table in...
Vanguard GNMA Up 40.6%
You’ve been rewarded for sticking with Vanguard GNMA. Over the last 52-weeks it has returned 5 percent and through the first half of this...
Skimming: 3 Steps for Preventing Identity Theft
You've probably heard about credit card skimming at gas stations and ATMs. My client told me how it happened to him twice while wintering...
16-Year Bear Market Ahead
A 16-year bear market was what Dick Young faced back in 1965 as he began his brokerage industry journey at Clayton Securities in Boston....
Martha’s Vineyard & Newport Booming
On Saturday afternoon downtown Newport, RI was packed. Cars were bumper to bumper and as Becky and I were preparing our boat, a 31...
Rates to Rise by March: It’s About Time
President of the St. Louis Fed, James Bullard, knocked the market on the chin a bit yesterday by saying that rates would be going...