The Second-Most Important Element of Retirement Planning
…spending by decade for retirees, and it shows something we all understand intuitively and that we’ve seen for decades: people spend less as they get older. Part of what caught…
…spending by decade for retirees, and it shows something we all understand intuitively and that we’ve seen for decades: people spend less as they get older. Part of what caught…
…means owning securities that aren’t publicly traded. Private markets can include equity (stocks), credit (bonds), and real estate. Each major group has subcategories. Private equity can be venture capital, buyout…
Last year, Barron’s offered their readers a chance to test their forecasting skills by asking a number of multiple choices questions about what might happen in 2017. I answered some…
…smart, fair and thoughtful – important traits for an economist. Mr. Emmons started with the idea that recessions come in three different varieties. First, the economy can become ‘over-extended’ and…
Last week, we received inquiries about our “55 Stocks Elite Community” and the “Event Driven Magic Seven.” Of course, we don’t have an elite community or magic anything. It was…
…technology industry. Unlike most banks with a diversified deposit base that includes individuals of all sizes and types of businesses in different sectors, SBV’s deposits were mostly venture capital-backed tech…
…that deep dive this month, starting by looking at the inflation rates across the major categories. As a reminder, let me first show the weights of the major categories, and…
…billion. Berkshire’s biggest businesses, insurance, railroads, and energy, only account for 40 percent of the total revenue. The fun companies that he always talks about, like See’s Candies and the…
…went public last week and already trades at nine-times sales. They’re going to sell a lot of memes, or whatever, to justify that price. (Does this make me sound old?)…
…pays 2.45% for one year is because they believe rates short term rates will fall over the coming five years. This view is confirmed in the futures market. Based on…