With graduation season looming and so many high school and college grads preparing for one of life’s larger rites of passage, the Yeske Buie Team is celebrating a major milestone by one of its own. On April 10th of this year, Yusuf Abugideiri became the…
The Eurozone is back in the news today as economic and political events have given rise to fresh doubts that European policy-makers will get their financial house in order. Renewed uncertainty took several forms, from comments by the head of the IMF that Europe is…
The New York Times ran an interesting piece a few days ago (Wary of Heights (and the Future)) that pointed out the seeming paradox of the S&P 500 Index hitting four-year highs, while investors continue to sit skeptically on the sidelines. Morningstar reports another $3.8…
An article in the Journal of the Society for Judgment and Decision Making last year made the case that simple, name recognition-based systems for choosing winning sports teams beat more elaborate, expert-based systems. The article’s title, “The wisdom of ignorant crowds: Predicting sport outcomes by…
If you’ve looked at the news today, you know that the anniversary we’re referring to is that of the stock market’s financial crisis low, reached three years ago today when the Dow bottomed-out at 6,547. The market has doubled since then but, as many commentators…
We hope your year is off to a good start and that you’re making good progress toward your goals for 2012 as we enter the third month of the year. In the interest of progress and efficiency, we wanted to share a few housekeeping items…
We have lately noticed the growing ubiquity of a British government poster produced in 1939 at the beginning of World War II that advises the reader to “Keep Calm and Carry On.” The poster was intended to boost public morale in the face of the many risks of war,…
We wanted to share a Consumer Reports article with you that was made possible in no small part by the Yeske Buie Financial Planning Team. The article, titled “Where to Put Your Money,” appeared in the February issue of the magazine and a copy of…
We thought it was time to check in with another edition of the Live Big Digest to brighten your day. The title of this issue of the LBD is inspired by a recent New Yorker article by Wisdom of Crowds author James Surowiecki called “Year of the…
When we examine sources of risk and return in the market, we conclude, among other things, that there is no systematic return associated with geographic allocation. One of the practical results of this conclusion is that we always aim to be “geographically neutral” when assembling a global portfolio. …