…to get greedy. Now, I’m looking at that loan thinking about the $107 that’s coming in one year’s time. Since I’m certain that inflation will be two percent and I…
…a harder question. To answer it for myself, I thought about the definition of money, which traditionally has three components. First, money is a medium of exchange, which simply means…
…mutual fund (or ETF for that matter) to launch a momentum-only stock mutual fund or combine value and momentum in a systematic way. I’ve been onboard with AQR since they…
…bills from around the world and debt issued by corporations called commercial paper. During the 2008 financial crisis, there was a run on one of the oldest money market mutual…
…with growth prospects for US companies. Last night, earnings season unofficially kicked off with a better-than-expected report from Alcoa, the aluminum maker. According to FactSet, earnings are estimated to decline…
…follow commodity markets closely, but I do hear commentators on the radio debating whether it will bounce back sharply or stay in the doldrums in the coming years. I don’t…
…weights 17 commodities from Platinum to Lean Hogs fell by -1.6 percent. Partly because stock, bond and currency markets were spooked, bonds had a great day. The yield on the…
…markets stocks, as measured by the FTSE index, fell by -0.13 percent, rebounding strongly enough to nearly break even after an -8.43 percent drop in January. Perhaps most interesting was…
…just couldn’t get diversified enough with such a small allocation. To complement our ETF core, we now use mutual funds that have specific exposures to factors like value and momentum.…
…outrageously expensive either. Like most managers, we overweight corporate bonds somewhat compared to the overall bond market and at this point, I am still comfortable with that long-term strategic position….
