Over the last few years you have seen just how badly so-called gurus can get a prediction wrong. The complete failure of “experts” to predict Brexit, the election of Donald Trump, and even the economic implications of a Trump Presidency are good examples of how seemingly sound predictions can lead folk astray. Market predictions are […]
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Why a Balanced Portfolio is a Winner
Back in October of 1998 American markets were recovering from the Long Term Capital Management crisis. The Fed had organized a bailout, and things were getting back to normal. It felt like a good time then to remind investors of the benefits of a balanced portfolio. I wrote then: Why a Balanced Portfolio is a […]
The Three Word Secret to Sound Investing
If you aren’t getting paid regularly for your investment in a company’s stock, you are taking it on faith that someday, at the precise moment you need to sell to generate cash, the price will sit at a gain for you. Buy low, sell high, right? But what happens if there is no “high?” Stock […]
How to Diversify Your Portfolio the Right Way
Diversification is a must, but there is a right way to diversify and a wrong way. Loading your portfolio with eight different stock ETFs may minimize stock-specific risk, but in a nasty bear market, all eight of your ETFs are likely to get bludgeoned. The right way to diversify is to include assets that tend […]
When You Plan Ahead, Damage Can Be Minimized
Hurricane Florence is bearing down on South Carolina, with some estimates suggesting four FEET of rain could swamp the coastal towns. Even for seasoned hurricane survivors, that’s a mega-monsoon. Debbie and I have encountered many hurricanes in our decades of East Coast living. Most recently our Key West home was visited by Hurricane Irma, which […]
The 6 Basic Investing Principles That Will Make You a Winner
There are six basic investing principles that, if followed diligently, can make you a winner. I wrote about these principles in the fall of 1991, and if you are one of my long-time readers who has stuck to them, like me you have achieved investment success. If you are a newcomer to the investing philosophy […]
How to Invest Like a Hall of Famer
Those of you who have been with me for many decades may remember back in 1991 when I wrote about investing like Wade Boggs played baseball. Consistency was my focus for you then, and it remains so today. I emphasized Boggs’ ability to get on base. He led the league in on-base percentage six times […]
Revving up Tiffany at New York’s 5th Avenue & 57th Street
The Tiffany & Co. flagship store on 5th avenue alone generates as much revenue as all of Pinterest. So reports John Stoll in The Wall Street Journal. Such a piece of evidence should help everyone understand that the idea that brick and mortar stores are dead is a fallacy. Most shopping is still done face […]
Don’t Miss it All
Emotionalism in the market is too damaging to your portfolio. It’s too easy to miss all the rewards of the market by making bad decisions trying to time the market. In February of 1992 I used this example to explain to readers just how badly they could lose out by jumping in and out of […]
Your Retirement Life: Do You Understand the Value of Bonds?
If you haven’t constructed your bond portfolio yet, then what are you waiting for? Once you’re in your 50s, the time has come to own some bonds. Consider bonds your anchor to windward. Determining how much you, not your neighbor, needs in bonds is a most personal equation. Only you and your spouse and hopefully […]
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