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 [...]
Crypto lessons
Since the beginning of the year, the stock market has dropped nearly 25%. That’s significant, but it doesn’t compare to the losses experienced by cryptocurrency investors. Dogecoin is down more than 90%, and smaller currencies like terra have lost essentially all their value. Even bitcoin and [...]
Time for a change
Each year, the investment consulting firm Callan publishes an illustration called the periodic table of investment returns. It illustrates the performance of key asset classes on a year-by-year basis. That information is widely available, but Callan’s periodic table is unique: Each asset class is [...]
Phillips’s four horsemen
Don Phillips is a former CEO of the research firm Morningstar. In a recent commentary, Phillips discussed what he called the “four horsemen of the investor apocalypse.” I hasten to add that Phillips isn’t predicting any kind of apocalypse. Rather, he wanted to highlight factors that can cause [...]
Ominous predictions
In a note to clients this week, Deutsche Bank analysts wrote that they expect a “major recession.” Are you wondering what to make of ominous predictions like this? Below are some suggestions. First, don’t panic. Yes, Deutsche Bank is a big institution. But it's worth noting that this week two [...]
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