Barry Ritholtz’s new book, How Not to Invest, offers investors a cautionary tale—many of them, in fact. Ritholtz has been in and around the investment industry for more than 30 years—as a trader, a journalist and, most recently, as cofounder of a wealth management firm. In short, he is no stranger [...]
Managing concentration risk
Larry Ellison, the cofounder of Oracle Corporation, recently became the world’s wealthiest person. Oracle, a software company, isn’t nearly as large as its peers. So how did Ellison’s net worth manage to surpass that of Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and the founders of other much larger companies? The [...]
Remembering Jonathan Clements
Jonathan Clements liked to joke that he was born at 6:00am and on January 2nd, “thus establishing a lifetime habit of starting early.” But he truly did get a fast start and seemed to waste no time. Jonathan—who passed away this week—discovered his love of writing early on. He [...]
Boring investments
For many investors, talking about bonds is about as interesting as watching paint dry. They aren’t nearly as interesting as stocks. But if you have a portion of your portfolio allocated to bonds—or plan to—it’s a topic worth some discussion. The bond market is actually much larger and much more [...]
Incomplete information
When it comes to financial decisions, there are, I think, two answers to every question: what the calculator says, and how you feel about it. There’s a fly in the ointment, though: Calculator answers might appear to be based in logic, but they’re still imperfect. Why? Ian Wilson, a former executive [...]
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