The conventional view serves to protect us from the painful job of thinking. ~J.K. Galbraith A recent article in the Globe and Mail delivered the following advice to investors: Don’t Let a Fear of Bonds Infect Your Healthy Portfolio. The implications are clear: 1. Concerns about ultra-low interest rates eventually turning higher are overblown. 2.… Continue Reading
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Is This a Good Time to Invest in Banks?
A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it. ~Bob Hope This is an excerpt of an article that was originally published on Seeking Alpha as premium content. You can read the entire article there. The old joke from Bob Hope in today’s opening quote… Continue Reading
Investing: 3 Walls to Watch
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else. ~Ivern Ball Market and economic commentary over the past few months has contained numerous references to walls. Setting aside the irony of the fact that the seat of American capitalism rests on Wall Street, we’ve also heard… Continue Reading
Get Me Through December
Get me through December A promise I’ll remember Just get me through December So I can start again ~ from the song “Get Me Through December“ Markets and economics, like life, move in cycles. The only sure thing about a very long up or down-swing is that it will inevitably reverse. December is a time… Continue Reading
Have You Lost Faith in the Market?
Put not your trust in money, but put your money in trust. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes Our financial system operates on trust. When you put your money into a bank, you trust that it will be there when you want to take it out. When you put money in the stock market, you expect ups… Continue Reading
20 Cents from July 2010
Today is a Civic Holiday for many people in Canada. If you are one of those, I hope you’re enjoying your long weekend! Once again, I was amazed by the number of really great articles out there in July. Here are just 10 of my many favourites. Enjoy! 1. Brett Arends at The Wall Street… Continue Reading
5 Investing Challenges for the Next Decade
Pleasure can be supported by an illusion; but happiness rests on truth. ~ Sébastien-Roch Nicolas de Chamfort Update: This post was included in the Money Hackers Carnival #117 posted at Engineer Your Finances. Thanks! Monday’s post dealt with some of the ways in which today’s market climate is Not Business as Usual. I’d like to… Continue Reading
Is the Stock Market Rigged?
Character is doing the right thing when nobody’s looking. There are too many people who think that the only thing that’s right is to get by, and the only thing that’s wrong is to get caught. ~ J.C. Watts By now, you’ve probably read about the fraud charges leveled against Goldman Sachs by the SEC… Continue Reading