Where do you Begin Investing?
To the uninitiated, investing can seem daunting. There are thousands of stocks, bonds, and mutual funds to choose from, and probably just as many...
China Started the Trade War
Greg Ip points out that the tariffs the Trump administration plans to enact on Chinese goods are not a preemptive strike. China has been...
Vanguard GNMA: There When You Need It
Yesterday the S&P 500 fell by 2.5%. At the same time, the Vanguard GNMA Index fund was up 0.2%. Having powerful counterbalancing bond funds...
Dangerous Rules Make American Pensions Riskier
Originally posted on August 22, 2016.
The abuse of expected returns assumptions at public pension funds in America is something I have regularly raised a...
Facebook Feeding Frenzy
Traders are swarming Facebook shares, buying options to take advantage of the tech company's volatile stock prices. Gunjan Banerji reports in The Wall Street...
How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?: Part III
In my series this week about retirees working through retirement I told you first that 79% of retirees expect to keep working in retirement,...
How to Win in Retail? Unique Products
If a retailer is selling the same product lines as e-commerce giants Amazon.com and Walmart, it will be hard to compete. Unique product lines...
Is the Sun Setting on Offshore Oil in the Gulf of Mexico?
A recent auction of oil drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico was met with yawns by the oil drilling industry. Only 1% of...
How Many “Retirees” Will Keep Working?: Part II
Of Americans aged 50 and over who are still working, 31% haven't even prepared a retirement budget. Of that same group 73% prepare to...
The Race for the World’s Lithium
With demand for lithium ion batteries for cars, phones, grid storage and more growing each day, there is a race on to secure the...