Recently, correlations across virtually all assets have increased. This means that diversification benefits are far sparser than they were in previous years. ~ Abraham Bailin It’s almost Easter and many of us have thoughts of eggs and baskets running through our heads. Everyone’s looking forward to enjoying a little chocolate and some quality time with…
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history. ~Plato In our recent discussions about the Couch Potato style of investing, I mentioned that this strategy relies on historical market returns. I pointed out that including a component that reflects valuations might improve the strategy. This is basically the Valuation Informed Indexing approach about which Rob…
Just remember, there’s a right way and a wrong way to do everything and the wrong way is to keep trying to make everybody else do it the right way. ~ M*A*S*H, Colonel Potter Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Wealth #9 posted at Personal Dividends and in The Carnival of Financial…
Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest. ~ Author Unknown Update: This article appeared in the Canadian Personal Finance and Investing Carnival posted at Investing Thesis. Thanks! We’ve been talking about bubbles all week. So far, we’ve outlined 5 financial bubbles and 5 socioeconomic bubbles that could affect your money and…
