Why Has the Stock Market Become So Volatile?

Why Has the Stock Market Become So Volatile?

Photo by peterschreiber.media “Just cause you got the monkey off your back doesn’t mean the circus has left town.” — George Carlin The S&P 500 Index generated a total return of -9.0% in December, which was the worst December return since 1931 in the midst of...
Why Emerging Market Stocks Look Attractive

Why Emerging Market Stocks Look Attractive

Photo by Creativa Images “My broker at Citigroup told me to look through this Korean version of the Moody’s guide – that it would look just like [the United States in] 1951, and he was right. In six hours, I put together a small portfolio of 20-25 stocks, about $100...
Trade War Investment Risks

Trade War Investment Risks

Photo by freshidea “In 1930, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, in an effort to alleviate the effects of the… Anyone?  Anyone?  …the Great Depression, passed the… Anyone?  Anyone?  The tariff bill? The Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act [sic]?...
Party Like It’s 1999

Party Like It’s 1999

Photo by Yogesh “I was dreamin’ when I wrote this, forgive me if it goes astray. But when I woke up this mornin’, could’ve sworn it was judgment day. The sky was all purple; there were people runnin’ everywhere. Tryin’ to run from the...
The New Age of Monopoly

The New Age of Monopoly

Photo by aleciccotelli This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United… I apologize for having to re-accommodate these customers.” – Oscar Munoz CEO of United Continental Airlines After refusing to give up his properly assigned airplane seat to an...
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