I can't imagine how many people deleted the email after seeing the title of this article. Thanks for making it this far. The Federal Reserve has now raised interest rates 7 times in the past 19 months, with a couple more rate increases predicted … [Read more...] about Interest Rate Math
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Strategy Versus Outcome
The Seahawks had the ball on the 2 yard line with 26 seconds left in Super Bowl XLIX. In their backfield was one of the greatest running backs to ever play the game, Marshawn Lynch. Everyone knew the ball was going to him......except it didn't. A … [Read more...] about Strategy Versus Outcome
The Knowledge of London
"A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian Spring: there shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again." -Alexander Pope London has one of the most complex city grids in the world. A … [Read more...] about The Knowledge of London
Is This The Best Time Ever to be an Investor?
Source: The Behavior Gap by Carl Richards The last few years I have read from different sources that this is the best time in history to be an investor. Investment expenses have dropped precipitously for several decades now. The choices at our … [Read more...] about Is This The Best Time Ever to be an Investor?
What to Remember When Markets Fall
"Don't do something, just stand there!" -John Bogle This happens often. The average intra-year decline of the S&P 500 is 13.8% per year. 2017 was an exception with the largest top to bottom drop being only 3% [1]. There have been 152 declines … [Read more...] about What to Remember When Markets Fall
Money Value of Time
"Investments have risks, they have returns, and they have costs. Everything else is marketing" -Rick Ferri Warren Buffett is currently 87 years old and has a net worth of approximately $73 billion. Let's say you poll 10,000 American thirty year … [Read more...] about Money Value of Time
What You Should Know About Bitcoin
In October 2008, someone using the pseudoname "Satoshi Nakamoto" published a whitepaper titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System". The paper can be found here. To this day, nobody has identified the real Satoshi Nakamoto. Satoshi … [Read more...] about What You Should Know About Bitcoin
A Terribly Good Time
There has been an interview circulating through the financial media recently with long-time Fidelity investment manager, Joel Tillinghast. During the interview he is asked "How does this market feel to you?". Here is his response: "How do you … [Read more...] about A Terribly Good Time