Even Horrible Businesses Can Make Money at These Rates
Thanks to a bailout of the corporate bond market by the Fed that has institutionalized moral hazard (I get the reward, you take the...
Your Retirement Life: California Dreamin’ then Disaster Strikes!
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You can’t make this stuff up. As one client emails:
E.J.,
I feel blessed by PG&E. They threatened to turn off power again early this...
Merry Christmas from Young Research
Merry Christmas to you and your family—wherever you’re from—you’re never far from home. And happy birthday Jimmy Buffett.
The Real Tax-Cut “Mafia Thugs”
Who will foot the tax bill in high tax states if the successful decide to pick-up and leave? With all the hand wringing by...
Tax Bill Big Changes to 529 Plan
One item, in particular, that I like with the pending tax reform is how the 529 plan will be treated. It expands the use...
Dick Young’s Advice: “Make it a Good Year with Your Survival Guy”
How are you doing on the personal security front? “My son-in-law E.J. Smith recently acquired another favored Sig Sauer 226 MK 25 chambered in...
Lower Portfolio Risk to Boost Return
UPDATE: The words I wrote in this post from August 27, 2010 are as sound today as they were back then. The basic principles...
Calculating Shareholder Yield
To calculate the shareholder yield, pick up the annual report for a company you are interested in (preferably a non-financial company), and turn to...
Small Business Profile: Island Creek Oysters
Originally posted April 8, 2014.
Becky and I are familiar with the Island Creek success story because good friends of ours live in Duxbury, MA...
How to Invest in an Age of Compromised and Biased Information
In investment management where you spend much of your time reading, gathering and analyzing information. The trustworthiness and reliability of news and information is...