October 2017

These Are the Goods

Articles Bill Gates has sold $200 million or more worth of Microsoft shares almost every month for a decade. By Morgan Housel Nearly 30 percent of households headed by someone 55 or older have neither a pension nor any retirement savings. By Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan You need the bad days to remind you…

Momentum

The S&P 500 closed at an all-time high yesterday for the sixth straight day. The last time this occurred was June 1997. Why is this happening? Are markets pricing in tax reform? Is it looking forward to higher earnings over the next twelve months?  Is it because North Korea hasn’t been in the headlines for…

Lost in the Shuffle

In 2009, the world’s economy was experiencing pain like it hadn’t seen since the 1930s. So it’s no wonder that a new book on finance might have slipped through the cracks. Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke The World, was published in January 2009, and although it received a Pulitzer Prize, it’s not one…

These Are the Goods

Articles Working on your character is more important than hoping for tranquility and searching for a finish line that doesn’t exist By Josh Brown Fantastic results with the appearance of little risk in achieving them is the perfect breeding ground for complacency. By Brian Portnoy Investors can underestimate optionality in a well-run business. By Todd…