Yes, Money Can Buy You Happiness Here’s How
Yes, money can buy you happiness. How? By working for it. Not wishing and hoping the market does it for you. Your most productive...
Why You AWLAYS Need This in Your Portfolio
Your Survival Guy wants you to understand that you own bonds so you can invest in stocks. As the late, great, Ben Graham explained...
BOND BLOWUP? Don’t Lend Your Money to Blue States
OK, blue-states are drowning in pension debt that may or may not be paid—think Illinois. And yet these cities and states are issuing more...
SQUARE PEG, ROUND HOLE: Are ETFs and Muni Bonds a Good Match?
There are some asset classes that lend themselves well to the high liquidity world of ETFs, and some that don't. The municipal bond market...
Your Job as an Investor Is Not What You Think
I hear it all the time. “I don’t understand bonds.” So I’m going to clear that up for you. But first, let me just...
Meet the Tony Soprano of Your Portfolio
"I like people who don't need everyone to like them."
-Tony Soprano, 'The Sopranos'.
There’s been some yappin’ lately about bonds. Why own bonds when yields...
Do Investors Even Remember Risk?
The Financial Times headline by Robin Wigglesworth reads "Low yields have left investors numb to risk, bond veteran Dan Fuss says." That assumes investors...
Why Bond Mutual Funds and ETFs No Longer Work
OK, third-quarter report cards are in, and investors want to know how they did. But perhaps just as important, they want to know the...
REPORT: Hidden Risk in Bond Funds?
A new report suggests there is often hidden risk U.S. bond funds that isn't being represented by their classification. Robin Wigglesworth reports in the...
Your Survival Guy: Panic? Stocks Fall 700 Points
OK, stocks go down, as witnessed by yesterday’s 700-point drop in the Dow. Does that mean it’s time to panic? Well, that depends on...