March 2018

These Are the Goods

Articles Just like cars that spend 95% of their time parked, investors should spend most of their days doing nothing. By Tony Isola All the other aspects of an investment will fail you if you pay the wrong price By Nick Maggiulli The bots will never catch Buffett. By Nir Kaissar Volatility-dampeners in chief By Sloane Ortel…

A Few Charts and a Few Thoughts

February was the most volatile month for stocks since January 2016. The average absolute daily return was 1.28%. This is more than triple the average absolute daily change over the previous 24 months. Look to the left side of the chart for what extreme volatility looks like. The average absolute daily change in October and…