…‘other’ commodities include things like home furnishings, clothes, new and used cars, and alcohol. In gray are the other services, like healthcare, education, transportation, and recreation, which are pretty self-explanatory….
…start-ups. Many of these companies aren’t profitable, meaning they are spending down the cash they’ve raised. Before last year, losing money wasn’t a big deal because these companies were so…
…out, that day still hasn’t come – we’re only half way there after 16 years from publication. Although I never read the book, it was so well known as the…
…average, or ‘just right, like Goldilocks. For me, that means that the VIX is somewhere in the mid- to high-teens. The close last week doesn’t bother me at all, it’s…
…difference. It sounds complicated, I know, but essentially the process is selling high and buying low, instead of buying low and selling high. If you’re wrong and prices actually rise,…
…the expense ratio: larger volumes get lower prices, just like at Costco or Sam’s warehouse. Vanguard is unique, though, in that one of the share classes is an ETF; it’s…
…but the big one is energy. Energy commodities (oil and gas) are 60.6 percent higher. Energy services (electricity and natural gas) are 19.4 percent higher. While food and energy, the…
…the market subsides. The current level, 44, is still very elevated, so I’m not saying that the ‘all-clear’ whistle has blown, only that the panic is hopefully behind us. Bloomberg…
…It’s a good strategy because, if they do it right, the stock will recover in the coming years and they’ll look pretty good. The ‘big bath’ theory, as it’s known,…
…and you’re probably right, but shouldn’t we do something different? I mean, Japan and Europe really look like dogs and I don’t see anything turning around there anytime soon.’ And,…
