Have you ever struggled with a financial decision? If you're like most people, I suspect that the math wasn't the hard part. What makes financial decisions a challenge, more often than not, is the subjective element. Financial decisions involve lots of variables—your future income, interest rates, [...]
Stanislaw Ulam
In January of 1946, a man named Stanislaw Ulam found himself confined to a hospital bed, having suffered an encephalitis attack. A brilliant scientist and a veteran of the Manhattan Project, Ulam wasn't the type to sit idly while he recuperated. Instead, after playing innumerable games of solitaire [...]
Life insurance buyer’s guide
In my role as a financial planner, I hear a lot of stories, but by far the most appalling and upsetting are those having to do with life insurance. All too often, insurance salesmen leave clients with policies that are simultaneously overpriced, inadequate and inappropriate. Life insurance is a big [...]
Powell’s warning
Earlier this week, Fed chairman Jerome Powell appeared before Congress and spoke in serious terms about the country's debt situation. It is worth understanding what Powell said—and how that might impact your investments. Powell's message: “The U.S. federal government is on an unsustainable fiscal [...]
An obscure story worth understanding
A little while back, The Wall Street Journal ran an article with a puzzling title: “How China Pressured MSCI to Add Its Market to Major Benchmark.” Like a lot of market news, this arcane-sounding story came and went without much notice. But it is worth pausing to understand what it was all about, [...]
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