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Whether it’s ideas from the industry or emerging trends, with all the changes in tax codes, investing styles and techniques, as well as social trends, we have plenty of thoughts just bursting to come out.
And who knows, we may throw in a few thoughts on things not related to "the business", such as the arts, a movie review, or some spiffy quote we think is just too profound to keep to ourselves. So keep checking in. We’re glad to have you reading along.
Friday, October 30, 2020
In recent past, I wrote about how the market was rebounding, but also how I thought no one should be getting too excited about it. I thought there’d be a lot of negative volatility after everything settled down and we started to...
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Friday, August 21, 2020
Back in April I wrote not to get too giddy about the then current upward swing in the markets. I still feel that's the case, even though the markets have generally continued their upwards path. Our economy has gotten hammered, there...
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Thursday, April 23, 2020
When the equity markets were going down like a boulder pushed off a cliff earlier this month, I suggested not to panic, and eventually, they’d be rising again. Actually, it was more like a Superball being pushed off a cliff, with...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020
The late John C Bogle was the founder and chief executive of The Vanguard Group, and is credited with creating the first index fund. An avid investor and money manager himself, he preached investment over speculation, and long term...
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Wednesday, March 18, 2020
I received an email from a client today, needing some service. In his email, he said, in part, "Sorry to hit you up during this craziness when you’re probably super busy taking care of everyone’s portfolios' .....'Are you...
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