How to Ignore the Stock Market Noise, Ep #71
If you’ve paid any attention to financial news recently, then you didn’t have to look far, as stock market noise was at a crescendo. Media headlines were filled with phrases…
Market Outlook
Where’s the Value?
From 1928–2017 the value premium, the return difference between stocks with low relative prices (value) and stocks with high relative prices (growth), in the US had a positive annualized return…
Why Bother Diversifying with International Stocks? Ep #67
It’s easy to stick with investments that are leaving all other assets in the dust. In fact, logic tells us because they’re performing so well, we should buy more.…
Leave Your Emotions at the Door When Investing
Emotions have a sneaky way of taking over our investment thinking. Instead, investments should be evaluated on their merit, not personal emotions that can cloud your judgment and lead you to…
2018 Market Outlook
Where should you invest now? As I wrote last year in “Should I Own International Stocks?”, in investing it is important to “skate where the puck is going, not where…
What Investment Decision Process Should You Implement? Ep #52
When it comes to investments, too many people take a haphazard approach when what they need is an investment decision process that makes the most of a number of…
What Is Your Investment Strategy?
As one individual once told me, their investment portfolio is like an untended garden. An interesting, but accurate analogy. Without enough water and care the plants/flowers in the garden will…
Why You Should Own Bonds
When one thinks about portfolio diversification, bonds, in addition to US and International equities should be evaluated. An investor may be tempted to overlook bonds altogether given that investing in…
Should I Own International Stocks?
Why own international stocks? Especially when, as noted in Exhibit 1 below, US stocks have outperformed international stocks over the last one, five and ten years, respectively. After all, most…
Why Have US Stocks Performed So Well?
During 2011, in the midst of the federal debt showdown, there would have been very few investors who believed the S&P 500 would return 16% per year over the next five…
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