A popular topic for the last few months has been Sovereign Wealth Funds. What are they doing? What is their motivation? There have been calls for them to be more transparent and a lot of media...
I'll keep this short but not so sweet. The light volume we are seeing on the market is a function of two things. First is the topic all media is talking about - the end of summer and final...
Occasionally I like to write about retirement planning issues. The topic is interesting and important. To be clear I am not a CFP, hopefully this sort of thing is taken as a common sense or hey...
Over the years we have been emphatic that investors need to build and embrace a strategy that allows them to manage their emotions. However, we have not spent time recently discussing the...
The Dow has been down six of the last seven weeks. It's a pretty weak market. However, since the low set July 15th we've seen a rotation as money flowed out from the oil and material sectors and...
There’s one thing I would do without hesitation. I would fulfill my passion. No, I wouldn’t spend it all on myself like some greedy selfless sap. Sure, I’d buy a few things for myself and my...
Have we bottomed out? The stock market was unable to build on the prior week's gains, but it wasn't for a lack of effort. Oil prices slipped almost 5% to $123 per barrel, the financial sector...
What's $6 Billion among friends? Apparently not much as Wachovia Corp. (NYSE: WB) and many other banks continue to announce staggering write downs due to mortgage losses. Recently, Bank of...
After the collapse of IndyMac and Bear Stearns, everyone is wondering if their money is safe. I have been hearing alot of people warning their friends and family that they should keep no more than...
It is easy to get caught up in what the market is doing and forget about what you are doing. In teaching investors how to take control of the their portfolio this is one thing I stress consistently....
