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The Investor’s Edge
|Let’s take a more nuanced view and talk about individual stocks and not the markets since the word “average” doesn’t seem to apply right now.| Not much new here. Markets are more manic than normal, though these are hardly normal … Continue reading
Don’t Let The Gold Bug Bite
As it tends to do in tumultuous times, gold is once again shining brightly. There was a sort-of Mea Culpa recently by one of my favorite financial authors, Jason Zweig, in the Wall Street Journal. Reflecting back on a comment … Continue reading
Don’t Forget to Breathe
|A real investment strategy is not a document or a forecast, but a viewpoint about how to respond to the forces at work around us.| I am often admonished by my boxing trainer to breathe. Trying to control my footwork … Continue reading
The Value in Art
The last line in a thoughtful book by Melanie Gerlis, Art as an Investment?, does not do her work justice, “Those looking at art purely as an investment might first consider looking elsewhere.” In fact, she makes a cautious case for … Continue reading
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Time to slow down
Jazz guitarist Pat Metheny made a comment germane to the discussion of how to be a better investor – or, steward of personal assets. He was talking about changes he has seen while touring worldwide with his band (since 1977) … Continue reading
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Be a billionaire
Ned Davis (of the eponymous market research firm) published a very good book in the aftermath of the Internet bubble that opens with an interesting discussion of investment styles. In reviewing the methods employed by successful investors including John Templeton, … Continue reading
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Life is neither a problem to be solved nor a game to be won
Merry Christmas. It is a beautiful day here in San Antonio. A bright blue sky and a bit of chill in the air, as it should be on December 25. Laughing with the family as we opened gifts, all small … Continue reading
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A little bit of this, a little bit of that
Opinions on what diversification means are all over the board, even among successful investors. The notion that you simply have to own a specific number of stocks or mutual funds to achieve a “well balanced” portfolio seems to miss the … Continue reading
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What were they thinking?
There is an odd article in the 2010 Forbes special edition investment guide (Dec 6, 2010, pg 128). From the intro, “…and planners are somewhat hesitant to endorse the conclusions.” Agreed. Career risk – Yes, don’t load up on employer stock. … Continue reading
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When time has no meaning
Why ten years? This “investment horizon” appears frequently; at Morningstar it’s a common benchmark. If the experts can’t predict with much certainty what’s going to happen in the markets over the next six months, what’s with trying to guess out … Continue reading
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