The Great Recession of 2008 is most famous for the massive default rate we saw with mortgage backed securities. Don’t look now, but this problem is back, and in a big way. While just about everyone who was around during the financial crisis before this one, an economic downturn severe enough to not just be […]
Facebook is no stranger to controversy, and in spite of all the attacks they have endured, they always managed to bounce back. They even brush off widespread boycotts. If you build a better mousetrap like Facebook has, and your mousetrap works amazingly well in practice, you can stand to take a few jolts here and […]
Capitalism has always been at the heart of America, and capitalist opportunity is what has defined the country the most. Current Democrats want to put the brakes on it. The American Revolution that was fought almost 250 years ago arose out of a thirst for the freedom to control our own destiny and to get […]
When an investment really doesn’t grow much and you are down to dividends to make money, your dividends better be good. REITs have been cutting them, but the bleeding may have stopped. People love to invest in real estate, and naturally prefer investing that is easy over more difficult and complicated means like actually buying […]
Stock indexes are neither created equally nor are necessarily designed to be representative of stocks in general. People want them to be, but they need to wonder why. Whenever we refer to how stocks in general or the stock market is doing, we refer to the performance of stock indexes, baskets of stocks assembled by […]
While homeowners have benefited from mortgage deferral payments, deferring paying the rent is a different proposition altogether. Their rising rent bills need to be dealt with or else. As it stands, the month of July is a significant one on the path towards trying to recover from the ravages of our recent economic slowdown due […]
While retirement is a time to relax a lot more, where you sit back and collect, retirees need to be aware of the pitfalls out there when it comes to managing their tax obligations. You’ve worked hard to build a good-sized nest egg for your retirement, including a nice sized IRA to take you through […]
AI company CrowdSmart is looking to build a better mousetrap by seeking to quantify industry consensus surrounding investments. The crowd isn’t always so smart though. What we call artificial intelligence certainly has its place, and the sheer processing speed and capacity of today’s computers can accomplish feats that would be far from possible otherwise. The […]
We don’t even consider beating 99% of your peers with a fund even meaningful, if your peers are weaklings. Eddie Brown’s small cap fund takes them all on though. At first glance, seeing remarks like a fund beating a high percentage of its “peers” has us grimacing a little, feeling bad for all those investors […]
In spite of falling further and further behind in the polls, the betting action still gives Donald Trump a 40% chance of re-election. It’s much closer to zero in reality though. It would be reasonable to think that if you were running for re-election as President of the United States, Joe Biden might be your […]