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
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...
How To Invest In An Era Of $100 Trillion Financial Obligations
Photo by Georgios Kollidas “The four most expensive words in the English language are ‘this time it’s different.’” – Sir John Templeton, Investor It’s different this time, and it’s also not different this time. It’s different this time because the...
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]?...