This week I learned the disappointing news that our next-door neighbors—possibly the nicest people in the world—have put their house on the market. While I’m sorry to see them go, I understand their decision. With a growing family, they are looking for more room. During the pandemic, in fact, [...]
Five “strategies”
The tricky thing about investing is that there is no single “right” approach. A little while back, I talked about the “five minds” of the investor—the optimist, the pessimist, the analyst, the economist and the psychologist. But why these five? There are, in fact, many ways to be successful: You [...]
Explaining, confirming, debunking
A few weeks back, I noted how the stock market had become unusually top-heavy, with just five companies—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft—accounting for 20% of the overall value of the S&P 500. But a chart that appeared online this week illustrates the impact of that imbalance. What [...]
What to worry about
In recent weeks I’ve focused on some of the growing risks in the financial system. In the stock market, there are day trading enthusiasts and their obliging brokers. And in Washington, there is a Federal Reserve that seems to have served up a bottomless punch bowl of new money. The result is [...]
One feather at a time – continued
Last week, I talked about some of the unsettling trends in financial markets. In that article, I focused on the role of brokers and day traders and noted that it takes two to tango. But it turns out the dance floor is quite a bit more crowded than that. Yes, the brokers and the day traders are doing [...]
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