“The people themselves are primarily responsible for their safety,” Kristi Noem, governor of South Dakota, said in a public statement regarding Covid-19 in April. Governor Noem also added that the state and national constitutions “prevent us from taking draconian measures much like the Chinese government has done.” Just Google How to Do a Haircut? As […]
Cowards Loot, You Fight
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LV You’ve seen how quickly blue state governors go wild. Now you’re seeing the looting and burning by cowards the blue-state governors aim to protect. Is this a dress rehearsal? Consider the recklessness from blue state governors and their self-crowning press conferences, stirring up resentment from the producers of the […]
How to Stay Safe on a Road Trip during Coronavirus
As Dick and I head back to Newport, after a most civilized lockdown in Key West (Rt. 1 in the Keys has been closed to all non-residents since mid March), we aren’t especially concerned about our trek back to New England. We’ll be following common sense guidelines as we travel to Palm Beach, Beaufort, Charleston, […]
Big Government Politics on the Shores of Newport and Beyond
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LIII Blue state governors have completely dropped the ball in the name of science, killing businesses and creating new health problems like anxiety and depression. In blue Rhode Island, we have our governor patting us on the head after a “successful” Memorial Day weekend. “The good news is, overwhelmingly, people […]
American Businesses Show the Way Forward Where Blue-State Politicians Fail
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LII During the coronavirus outbreak, the difference between heavy-handed local government, and private enterprises has been plain. Businesses are incentivized to protect their most important assets, their employees. Government officials are protecting their own reputations. In the early days of the virus, Leupold, an American business serving police departments and […]
“The Losses are Taking a Toll on Their Health”
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part LI “You know what’s crazy,” a client told me yesterday, “is that investors spend more time buying a grill than picking a financial planner.” Friends of his are in deep financial trouble. The virus has made it even worse, and the losses are taking a toll on their health. Another […]
Governors Strangling America
Americans are a restless, energetic, and unbridled people, who are wont to question authority and bend rules that seem stupid and meddlesome, explains Christopher Roach in American Greatness. Donald Trump has become the “tribune” of the American public – a public frustrated and skeptical by our changing politics. Mr. Roach argues that there are not […]
Robo-Advisors: When You Have a Lot More to Lose than Money
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part L With casinos slowly reopening (sorry, most buffets are still closed), it looks like gamblers found a home with Nasdaq. While the world, as we know, has basically come to an end, the tech-laden Nasdaq is up a couple percent year-to-date. Welcome to Planet Hollywood. One is reminded of the […]
Update! May 2020: Why Vanguard is Too Big for YOU
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XLIX A new client of mine is consolidating his eight-figure fortune with Fidelity. What’s shocking is how easily he decided to leave Vanguard. “Why?” I asked him. “E.J., I haven’t heard from anyone at Vanguard in over a year,” he said. “They’re letting a quarter of a hundred million dollars […]
You Can’t Time the Market: When Hubris Fails
Coronavirus Infects Stock Market: Part XLVIII You can’t time the market. Don’t even try, because you just might end up being wrong. Consider commercial real estate, for example. Anyone want to buy a high rise in Manhattan? Let’s hop in our time machine and look back to 2018 when the stock market was having a […]
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