Last week, I talked about bitcoin and argued that it wasn’t a great investment. The reality, though, is that only a minority of investors hold cryptocurrency. That’s a good thing, in my opinion. But still, there are many other ways to go off track in building a portfolio. In fact, if I ever wrote [...]
One feather at a time
In her most recent book, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright quotes Mussolini: “If you pluck a chicken one feather at a time,” he said, “no one will notice.” Don’t worry—I‘m not veering into political commentary. But when I heard this quote, it brought to mind what we’ve been seeing in [...]
Extreme portfolio makeover
At least once a week, I run across the sort of portfolio I like to call a “broker’s special.” While each is different, they typically include some mix of the following: A handful of mutual funds with names like "New Economy" or “New Discovery” or "New Perspectives". Some commodity funds. [...]
The curious case of Adam Neumann
This week the world met WeWork founder Adam Neumann. The meeting did not go well. In recent months, WeWork had been preparing an initial public offering for its stock, and things seemed on track. But by the end of this week, the IPO had been shelved and Neumann was out of a job. The proximate [...]
Burry’s warning
Earlier this week, an investment manager named Michael Burry made waves when he issued an apocalyptic forecast: Index funds, he said, are in a bubble similar to the housing bubble that ended very badly in 2008. Burry couldn’t say when that crash will happen but noted ominously: “The longer it goes [...]
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