Congratulations are in order for Jay and Kateri Schwandt, a Michigan couple who recently welcomed a new baby girl. This might not sound notable except that this is the Schwandt’s fifteenth child—and all of their first fourteen children are boys. In an interview, Jay Schwandt commented that he didn’t [...]
I’d like to tell you about a unique new book. How I Invest My Money is a compilation of personal money stories shared by 25 investment professionals. The book takes its title and its inspiration from a 2019 blog post by Joshua Brown, an investment advisor and widely-followed author and TV [...]
I’d like to describe—and to recommend to you—what I’ll call the John Cleese approach to financial planning. It is, in my view, the simplest and most effective way to think about saving for retirement, or for any other goal. John Cleese, the English actor and comedian, is largely retired now. But [...]
While we're still waiting for the final tally, these are some initial observations on the stock market's reaction, so far, to the election. [...]
At 82 years old, investment manager Jeremy Grantham has seen his fair share of market cycles. And as a U.K. native now living in the U.S., he maintains a balanced perspective. In an interview last week, Grantham shared his unvarnished view of the U.S. market. “American capitalism has become fat and [...]
