Look at the stock market, and you’ll see that certain stocks often do better than others. Technology stocks have been the standout performers over the past 10 years. Healthcare stocks, while less obvious, have also done very well. Research has found that certain types of stocks have also done [...]
Not Crazy
Suppose you were presented with two prospective investments. On the surface, they look similar, except that one has outperformed the other in 12 of the past 15 years. Which one would you choose? This example is not hypothetical. The two investments in question are the S&P 500 and the EAFE [...]
Submergence—what it is, and how to avoid it
Where does the stock market stand? After last year’s decline, is it now fairly valued, or still overvalued? When I think about questions like this, I’m reminded of an opinion piece by Robert Shiller written a few years back. By way of background, Shiller is a professor at Yale and a Nobel Prize [...]
What’s new
A few years back, I related a story about the comedian Joan Rivers. Her daughter, Melissa, likes to joke that her mother was always very consistent. Wherever she was, she would always drive at 40 miles per hour, whether it was on the highway, in a school zone or in the driveway. This is funny, [...]
As happy as the Smiths
In 2003, Netflix began an experiment that seemed crazy to management experts. It instituted a policy of unlimited vacation time for its employees. In the years since, a number of other companies have followed Netflix’s lead, offering employees unlimited paid time off. The results have run counter [...]
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