I haven’t written a Bulls vs. Bears post in a while. Given the tremendous stock market run from the end of last year through the end of the first quarter of this year, it seems like a good time to assess the current position of the markets. I recently read two articles which, on the… Continue Reading
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20 Cents from January 2012
So the first month of 2012 is behind us. Did you set any goals for the year? How are they coming along? There were some fantastic financial articles out there last month. Here’s a tiny sample: 1. Farnam Street posted an excerpt from a new study on Willpower & New Year’s Resolutions. Apparently, the key… Continue Reading
History Only Rhymes
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… Continue Reading
5 Year Market Outlook: Felix Zulauf
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. ~William Hazlitt If you believe the opening quote, we are in for some great lessons – at least according to Felix Zulauf of Zulauf Asset Management in Switzerland. The transcript of a recent interview with him was published by McAlvany Weekly Commentary. It is optimistically entitled… Continue Reading
20 Cents from April 2011
I’ve been pretty distracted lately with the whole house-hunting/moving to a new city thing, so I haven’t been able to follow the financial world as closely as usual. In spite of being out of town and preoccupied a fair bit in April, I was able to dig up some real gems for this month’s round-up.… Continue Reading
Wake Up and Smell the Inflation
One bright day in the middle of night two dead boys rose to fight. Back to back they faced each other, drew their swords and shot one another. A deaf policeman heard the noise, and saved the lives of the two dead boys. If you don’t believe this lie is true, ask the blind man,… Continue Reading
Book Review: Super Sectors
Stock market activity over the last ten years has proven that “buy and hold” is a dead concept and it’s very likely that going forward over the next ten years, “buy and hold” will continue to be an invalid and ineffective concept. Because over the last ten years, the S&P 500 has generated a negative… Continue Reading
2011: What to Watch
Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~ Hal Borland Update: This article was included in the Carnival of Financial Planning #170 posted at The Skilled Investor. Objectively, there’s nothing magical about the beginning of a New Year. Midnight… Continue Reading