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 [...]
Earlier this week, Tesla reported financial results for its most recent quarter. And for the fifth time in a row, it reported a profit. This was notable for a few reasons. Among them: Tesla’s increasingly strong performance again raises the question of why it has been excluded from the S&P 500 [...]
Earlier this year, as I’m sure you recall, the stock market went into freefall. But all of a sudden, on March 23rd, everything changed. The market turned around, and just as quickly as it had dropped, it started to rebound. Remarkably, the U.S. stock market is now in positive territory for the [...]
