These Are the Goods

Posted September 6, 2020 by Michael Batnick

Articles

Today’s low bond yields, which are without precedent in U.S. history, create several challenges for investors (By Ben Inker and Matt Kadner)

Natural and man-made disasters have shaped our greatest cities, and our ideas about human progress, for millennia (By Derek Thompson)

A lot happens when momentum descends from the ivory towers of academia and steps into the harsh reality of Wall Street (By Ben Johnson)

One can’t put an economy into a laboratory, control for a single element, and then run multiple simulations to assess that element’s importance (By John Rekenthaler)

It’s never a good idea to trust someone who is 100% certain about any outcome in the markets (By Ben Carlson)

This is the internet in all its glory (By Josh Brown)

Money begets money (By Nick Maggiulli)

Podcasts

It’s easy to get lulled into a sense of complacency (With Josh Brown and Byrne Hobart)

Stock based compensation is a form of financing (With Patrick O’Shaughnessy and Michael Mauboussin)

Books

You should like risk because it pays off over time (By Morgan Housel)