Volatility returned with a vengeance in the first quarter of 2015, as investors grappled with increasing uncertainty associated with Federal Reserve policy, signs the U.S. economy has hit a soft patch, and lowered expectations for corporate earnings.
The title of a recently discovered 1963 speech given by Benjamin Graham, titled “Securities in an Insecure World,” sounds like a topic one might choose to speak about today.
It’s logical that you want to invest with a manager who has a significant amount invested alongside you. Why? The manager’s financial interests are aligned with yours.
I wholeheartedly agree with the theme advocated last week by fellow IBJ columnist Mickey Kim that, throughout our country’s history, a bet against America has been a bad bet.
Buffett believes in America and puts his money where his mouth is.
The cognoscenti who dissect every word in Federal Open Market Committee statements predicted “patient” would be dropped from the March 18 “Fedspeak” press release. They were correct—and Voila!, the Dow Jones tacked on 300 points.
To understand the evolution of Buffett’s investment process, it’s important to know his history with Berkshire.
Many stock investors would like to forget the early 2000s and the vast sums of money lost. Yet valuable lessons can be learned from studying this textbook case of market irrationality.
Mini-tenders are often used to catch small investors off guard and take advantage of their lack of knowledge.
The strength of the U.S. stock market has almost every “strategist” predicting that stocks will continue their upward trajectory this year.
Outcome is the result, but doesn’t tell you anything about how that result was achieved. Outcome is about the “right now.
While unicorns bestow wealth to a group of newly rich entrepreneurs, they might not be particularly profitable for investors.
Narcissism can be a precursor to selfish and/or unethical CEO behavior, which can also cause your investment to perish.
Financial markets were rocked on Jan. 15 when the Swiss National Bank surprised the world by removing its three-year cap on the Swiss franc/euro exchange rate.
At a basic, Economics 101 level, an imbalance has developed between supply and demand.
It is doubtful that any analyst predicted the interest rate on the 10-year Treasury bond would fall dramatically from 3.03 percent to 2.17 percent.
if you can get comfortable with uncertainty; adopt a long-term perspective; and follow a disciplined, patient and unemotional investment approach, you’ll be miles ahead of most investors.
The ongoing debate between “active” portfolio management and “passive” management is again a hot topic as 2014 comes to a close.
DonorsChoose enables public schoolteachers to post classroom project requests and donors to pick the projects they want to support.
While recent years have been a boon to upper-income groups, evidenced by sales of luxury goods and rising stock prices, the economy now seems poised to provide a boost to the broader population.
