The Mayans, Africa & The Stock Market

A few weeks ago I traveled to Cancun with my family for Spring Break. We had great [...]

The Big Event Non Event

2016 started off as an awful year for the market. I spoke with many financial [...]

WARNING: Market Experts May Be Damaging to Your Financial Health

There are few certain things in life. A well-known aphorism states that the only certainties in life [...]

Results of Investor Survey

My Embarrassing Mistake and Mental Blind Spot

Last week I was in Indianapolis to speak at an advisor conference. The day before [...]

Linkedin – A Reminder That Growth Stocks Entail Risk

This last week was an excellent reminder that great companies, with stocks that have appreciated [...]

Temporary vs. Permanent Losses

There is a difference between temporary and permanent financial losses. Knowing the difference can help [...]

The Media Smells Fear, I Smell Opportunity

This last week, we had a forecast/recommendation from the Royal Bank of Scotland to sell [...]

How Much Volatility Did You Experience in 2015?

We are quickly coming to the end of 2015. The S&P 500 ended 2014 at 2059. [...]

Experts Get It Wrong…Again

  If you have clients that are influenced by experts’ Buy/Sell opinions and price targets [...]