To begin with, risk means that more things CAN happen than WILL happen, and since the things that can happen are legion, it would be expensive to individually hedge every possible negative contingency.
“History may not repeat, but it sure does rhyme.” Mark Twain Our latest webinar was a review of some of the enduring characteristics of the economy and the markets and how, even amidst the seeming chaos, it’s still possible to craft investment strategies that can carry us…
The mid-term elections have passed and we now know more about the political landscape ahead, but investors still face plenty of uncertainty, especially on taxes. David Yeske, managing director of money management firm Yeske Buie, says rebalancing has become more difficult , and QE2 might be the signal for investors to reduce their bond holdings. MarketWatch’s Andrea Coombes reports.
The sun is shining on both coasts and the Dow is trading above the “psychologically-important” 11,000 level, so I guess all is right with the world as we prepare for the weekend. As you’ve heard me say many times before, there is a connection between…
The NY Times reports on the persistent pessimism among consumers, even as economic recovery gains strength and markets rise. AMERICANS became more pessimistic about their chances for higher incomes during the Great Recession than at any time in the past 45 years. That pessimism has…
I thought it was time to address some of the gloom and doom that has so dominated the news of late. Not, by the way, with the intent of dispelling it (or supporting it, for that matter) but more with the aim of addressing the question…
I just thought I’d drop a short note from Amsterdam on global economics and stock market volatility before heading out to visit a few museums. For a quick refresher on how we got here, you might want to revisit our webinar from April of last year, “The Perfect Storm: How We…
As of yesterday, the stock market managed to cross the magic 10% threshold into an official “correction.” Thank God. Markets never move in a straight line and some kind of correction is always inevitable. Nice to have this out of the way for now. The…
Tomorrow is May Day, the day Dave dons cap and gown, and the 20th anniversary of Yeske Buie. We thought with that kind of convergence, we’d celebrate with another edition of the Live Big® Digest. How, you may well ask, can we have a 20th…