Investing Analysis

Afternoon Reads: 7 Year Bull Market Built on Shaky Demand

Slammed by Obamacare (WSJ) 7 Year Bull Market Built on Shaky Demand (Reformed Broker) The New Mediocre (Economist) Do Low Rates Cause Low Inflation (The Grumpy Economist) Plastic...

A Gift from the Banks

Wow! This was a shocker. Yesterday the bankers in Frankfurt came unglued. In an attempt to stimulate the euro-area economy, Mario Draghi and his...

Millennials Moving to the Burbs

The best investment I ever made in my early 20s was buying a multi-family in Marlborough, MA when I was working out there at...

Vanguard GNMA Outlook 2016

With the Fed hiking short-term interest rates for the first time in almost a decade in December, and signaling to investors that additional interest...

The Big Short and The Prudent Man

If you want to lose even more faith in the big banks on Wall Street then see the movie The Big Short. It’s an excellent portrayal...

Commit to a Life of Success

You may be familiar with Shane Ellison from his book Over-the Counter Natural Cures and his action-oriented website www.thepeopleschemist.com. I’ve read his book several...

Fed Made to Look like Fools

Following its December meeting, the Fed announced to the world it was hiking interest rates for the first time in almost a decade—a meager...

The Maximizers

“Meltdown? Absolutely baked into the cake as I write to you, and becoming more of a deep midterm concern for me as time passes,”...

The Monday Melee: Whither Commodities?

Gold on Pace for Best Monthly Gains Since 2012 Could Oil Hit $85 by the end of 2016? CRB Index up 2.3% Year-to-Date Brazil: Record Production as...