Just When You Think You’re Diversified
What happens when everyone is invested in the same stuff? When you look at the S&P 500 and compare it to, say, target maturity...
Dick Young to Your Survival Guy: “Diversification Is Discipline”
One of the more common trends Your Survival Guy sees in investment portfolios is a lack of diversification. Through the years, investors add more...
Risk and Reward: An Efficient Frontier
Originally posted July 26, 2018.
The Efficient Frontier, created by Harry Markowitz in 1952, measures the efficient diversification of investments that delivers the highest level...
This is Why Vanguard is Too Big
If you want clear evidence of why Vanguard is too big, then look no further than the money flow into passive index funds. When...
Witness the Raw Power of Diversification
Diversification isn’t only a tool to minimize losses when assets fall in value, it has the power to actually increase your return while lowering...
Can You Double Your Money in a Year? Fail at this, and You May...
Can you double your money in a year? Not many people can. But if you lost 50% of the value of your portfolio, that’s...
Is Your Portfolio Balanced Like a Harley?
With over 100,000 miles of Harley touring behind me, I can assure you of the value of a smooth ride. No one enjoys being...
The Butterfly Effect and Chaotic Markets
Securities markets endure any number of threats each day. Sometimes news that appears dire isn’t necessarily so. Other times, the market overlooks the little...
The One Chart Everyone Will Wish They’ve Seen
Last year, when stocks lost money, bonds were up. It’s the magic of counterbalancing.
As you can see in the chart below. In 14 of...
No Stock is Worth 100% of Your Time or Money
There is simply no company out there that has a stock safe enough for you to invest in just that one and nothing else....