Podcast Episodes

A Short History of Chasing the Best Performing Fund

"Vanguard and iShares basically killed the star mutual fund manager in recent decades." - Ben Carlson

For more visit: A Wealth of Common Sense

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5 years ago

What if You Only Invested at Market Peaks?

"Regardless of which risky asset classes you have in your portfolio, as this post illustrates, buying near all-time highs should not be a cause for c…

5 years ago

How to Avoid Bear Markets

"There’s a very simple way to avoid bear markets. What you do is pull all of your money out of the stock market and just let it accumulate in your ba…

5 years ago

A Recovery Squandered

"The biggest issue: the failure of Congress to pass the broadest stimulus package in the depths of the GFC. Sure, they rescued the banks, but they ha…

5 years ago

"Take All Your Common Stocks And Sell Them"

"Had you followed Fred Schwed’s maxim for dying rich, you’d have been out of stocks long ago. And yes, you’d have watched them grow and grow and grow…

5 years ago

This Is Not The Way

"It feels like every day, I’m getting an email or a text from people outside the investing world asking me about speculative securities." - Michael B…

5 years ago

Cape 2020 vs 1929

"One of the things that market analysts love to do is to compare recent market action with some prior historical era, and declare “The market today i…

5 years ago

How Are Normal People Supposed To Save For Retirement?

"Retirement investors needing the most help often get the least. Or worse!" - Tony Isola

For more visit: A Teachable Moment

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5 years ago

Asset Destruction

"For most of us who need life insurance, term life insurance will suffice. Term life insurance is cheap, easy to buy, and provides coverage for a set…

5 years ago

My 2020 Investing Lessons

"It’s counterintuitive that the best returns would come from investing when the economy is getting body-slammed but being uncomfortable when investin…

5 years ago