Author Archive
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Sep 17, 2025That depends on where you reside on the wealth distribution scale. -
Sep 12, 2025Answering a question about emergency funds and cash as a strategic portfolio allocation. -
Sep 8, 2025You can't trust sentiment readings anymore. -
Sep 2, 2025Some charts about value investing, small caps, gold and more. -
Aug 28, 2025There's a big transfer of wealth coming. But how big? -
Aug 27, 2025Alan Greenspan’s infamous irrational exuberance speech is a classic example of how crazy markets can always get crazier. -
Aug 25, 2025Some smart contrarians are starting to grumble. -
Aug 22, 2025How to save enough money to start a business in a short period of time. -
Aug 20, 2025Will AI replace investment analysts? -
Aug 18, 2025The growing importance of the stock market on the economy. -
Aug 13, 2025Some thought provoking questions about the housing market. -
Aug 12, 2025Some thoughts on greed in the NBA and Gen X angst in the 1990s. -
Aug 6, 2025How Benjamin Graham's Mr. Market parable explains meme stocks. -
Aug 4, 2025Ben's Iron Laws of the stock market (even if they don't work every time). -
Aug 1, 2025How much can you spend in retirement? -
Jul 31, 2025The trend has vanished. -
Jul 28, 2025Housing haves and have-nots.
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Jul 25, 2025Is it good or bad to start investing in a lost decade? Will we still have lost decades going forward? -
Jul 23, 2025Some similarities between Steve Jobs, Warren Buffett and John Rockefeller. -
Jul 22, 2025The 2010s and 20s are looking a lot like the 80s and 90s -
Jul 15, 2025The 2020s have been a terrible time for fixed income investors. -
Jul 14, 2025Rich people who don't feel rich. -
Jul 7, 2025Don't be scared of new all-time highs. -
Jun 25, 2025Don't sell -
Jun 23, 2025The Top 1% owns a lot of assets and has very little debt. -
Jun 20, 2025What the Bogle Expected Return Formula says about today's stock market returns. -
Jun 17, 2025The pros and cons of currency diversification. -
Jun 16, 2025Some thoughts on retirement savings rates, international stock outperformance and AI. -
Jun 13, 2025Some thoughts on prepping for a distopian or abundant future. -
Jun 6, 2025Some thoughts on the risks and opportunities in AI. -
Jun 4, 2025It's time to put in some low-ball offers in housing. -
May 23, 2025Is financial education finally working? -
May 22, 2025How the millionaire next door builds their wealth. -
May 14, 2025Auto loans are getting longer and longer. -
May 2, 2025How the dollar's movements impacts the returns of various asset classes. -
Apr 28, 2025My plan to get more people saving for retirement and investing in the stock market. -
Apr 24, 2025Buffett's 4th law of motion. -
Apr 17, 2025A historical look at what happens when you buy the stock market when it's been down 15% or worse. -
Apr 7, 2025How bad could the Tariff Tantrum get in the stock market? -
Mar 24, 2025Bust Out Another Thousand. -
Mar 17, 2025The stock market is more powerful than you think. -
Mar 5, 2025A closer look at Ray Dalio's record of predicting economic crises. -
Feb 28, 2025Some thoughts on market timing and recessions. -
Feb 26, 2025Wealth inequality is driving the economy. -
Feb 21, 2025The stuff that really matters is becoming clearer by the day. -
Feb 3, 2025A deep dive with some help from Howard Marks on bubble talk in the markets. -
Jan 30, 2025Some thoughts on AI and a bunch of other stuff. -
Jan 27, 2025Seth Klarman and a lot of hedge fund managers stayed too conservative for too long after the 2008 financial crisis. -
Jan 22, 2025A historical look at recessions and bear markets in the United States going back 100+ years. -
Jan 17, 2025Some thoughts on picking and choosing S&P 500 investors. -
Jan 10, 2025A closer look at harvesting long-term capital gains. -
Jan 7, 2025An update on the first-half of the 2020s in the stock market.
