Markets Strong Recently: Global financial markets rallied sharply from the November 2016 period into the first quarter of 2017. Investors bought stocks and most bond assets with considerable...
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The Buy of Phi; or Owning Your Own Motivation…
There is this new idea floating around some circles of the investment culture that has more to do with feelings and motivation than just what thing you can buy in the markets that's going to make...
Compounding Returns: Magical, Powerful And Too Often Ignored
You've probably heard about it before, the magical, cosmic power of compounded income over long periods of time can result in some astonishing returns, if only you had the persistence and patience...
Public Investors Lose Their Shirts Trading Options
Private investors routinely engage in a variety of financial behaviors that are ostensibly intended to enhance their wealth, but these behaviors often do them much more harm than any good. One of...
TNT: The New Time and the Trump Economy
Now that we are finally past the bruising election campaign of 2016, we seem to have at least some idea of the flavor of economic policy as we head into the latter part of this decade. During the...
Even in Financial Planning, No Escape From Politics
In previous times, traditional Financial Planning and asset management was usually approached with a certain level of political and cultural pragmatism, which was seen as a practical and...