…life expectancy calculator from Met Life (found here) that asked a few basic health questions in addition to the general age and gender. (Now my wife’s life expectancy is only…
…letters, which can be found here, on Berkshire’s hilariously antiquated website – but I haven’t gotten to it just yet. I thought this year’s letter was a little boring. I…
…“Outside the Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Order”). People should consider whether or not it makes sense to be resuscitated before signing one of these. If you do sign one, you…
…percent, the hedged EM index lost 3.85 percent and the un-hedged EM index lost 6.2 percent through yesterday. Bond investing involves risk and losses have, can and will occur, but…
…percent of homes were foreclosed on. Today, that number is down to 2.5 percent, so there’s more pain to come in order to get back to normal. It’s no wonder…
…expected to die, it’s a probably estimate. Half the people with your circumstances (heredity, physical condition, gender, etc.) will die before their life expectancy and half will live longer. This…
…Lower oil prices are affecting nearly all companies throughout the supply chain from upstream producers who pull out hydrocarbons to downstream infrastructure and service companies. Right now, markets are waiting…
…have times like this even though there’s no way that we could pinpoint which economic surveys, earnings releases or contagious diseases would be the cause. Volatility and losses were, are,…
…Chair, Janet Yellen said in March that the Fed was likely to consider raising rates for a ‘considerable time’ after the bond buying program was complete. The she surprised markets…
…leading index provider for non-US securities and using these two indexes allows me to look at the world in two consistently created components: the US versus the rest of the…
