Managing Risk in a Rising Stock Market U.S. stock indices have been hitting new highs in recent weeks, prompting many to ask if the market has become “overpriced” and, if so, what can we do to mitigate risk? In order to answer these questions, there are several…
It’s about that time of year. If you are participating in holiday shopping and/or gift giving, here are four ways to take the bite out of the bill… 1. Spend Wisely If you are going to spend your hard-earned dollars, make sure that you are doing…
The Yeske Buie Team celebrated Thanksgiving around the country, spending time with the people and activities we love. Below is a snapshot of how we spent our Thanksgiving weekends. Also, the Mills Building, where the San Francisco office is located, hosts an annual toy drive…
U.S. stock indices have been hitting new highs in recent weeks, prompting many to ask if the market has become “overpriced” and, if so, what can we do to mitigate risk? In order to answer these questions, there are several others that must be addressed first, including…
Investment Update – Going Short (Really Short!) No, we haven’t decided to short the stock market — not by a long-shot! — but we have decided to shorten the average maturity of our bond holdings. We’re doing this by swapping all of the DFA 5-Year Global…
The Yeske Buie Team came together earlier this month for one of our semi-annual staff retreats, this one focused on mindfulness and servant leadership. Our retreat was held at the 13,000 acre Anvil Ranch, located 36 miles west of Healdsburg in Sonoma County, California. We had a great time…
No, we haven’t decided to short the stock market — not by a long-shot! — but we have decided to shorten the average maturity of our bond holdings. We’re doing this by swapping all of the DFA 5-Year Global Bond portfolio (DFGBX) into the DFA…
Yeske Buie Celebrates Eugene Fama’s Nobel Prize in Economics On October 14, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced that it had awarded the Prize in Economic Sciences to Eugene Fama, along with Lars Peter Hansen and Robert J. Shiller “for their empirical analysis of…
We’ve spent the past two decades discussing with our clients the insights we’ve gained from studying the work of Eugene Fama, University of Chicago professor and one of the fathers of Modern Portfolio Theory. Over that time, we frequently found ourselves referring to him as a “future…