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 [...]
The power of atomic habits
James Clear, in his bestselling book Atomic Habits, provides a thought-provoking illustration: Suppose a plane takes off from Los Angeles on its way to New York. But, after taking off, the pilot turns the nose of the plane by an almost imperceptible 89 inches. Where will the plane end up? The [...]
Looking back, looking forward
I hope you are enjoying the holidays and looking forward to the new year. But before we turn the page on 2018, I thought I would recap some of the topics that were of most interest to readers this year: The market Warren Buffett once compared the stock market to an unstable, irrational [...]
Picture perfect
Pablo Picasso was one of the most influential, prolific and financially successful artists of the twentieth century. Yet, if you had visited his studio at the peak of his career, you might have guessed otherwise. In short, it was a mess, and his work schedule was, at best, leisurely. On a normal [...]
Another Rorschach test
As you may have seen, the stock market took investors on a wild ride this week. On Wednesday the Dow dropped more than 800 points, on Thursday it lost another 546 points and today it swung back and forth between positive and negative before closing about 1 percent higher. At times like this I'm [...]
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