Last year, I described a set of ideas I called truisms of financial planning. They’re concepts I’ve found helpful in navigating the world of personal finance. Below are seven more. Jeff Bezos is a bad role model. So is Bill Gates, Elon Musk and pretty much every other billionaire. Of course, [...]
Risk
I’ll acknowledge that today’s topic isn’t the most upbeat one. I want to talk about risk—and specifically, some of the underappreciated risks related to retirement. In thinking about risk, the hardest part, in my view, is that it defies a single definition. Because of that, there is no uniform [...]
The Top 10
Just hours into the new year, I received an email from a concerned investor. His worry: the state of the market—the S&P 500, in particular. With hundreds of constituent companies, the S&P index has the veneer of being well diversified. But scratch the surface, and it seems to carry more risk [...]
Looking back, looking forward
Looking back over the past two years, one word comes to mind: extreme. It’s been a period of extremes in the market and in the economy. Many have benefitted, but we’ve also seen excesses that aren’t necessarily healthy—from the rise in NFTs to the craze in SPACs to the boom in day trading. That’s [...]
The pinball machine
Last week I referred to the stock market as a hall of mirrors. That was perhaps too kind. With its erratic and often illogical movements, the market also has elements of a pinball machine, a rollercoaster, and maybe a clown car. This has always been the case, but it feels especially true this year. [...]
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