March 5, 2025 - Quote of the Day
"Going to weddings and funerals is part of being a financial advisor," said Theresa Chacopulos of Wells Fargo Private Banking, the top-producing financial advisor in Arizona.
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February 28, 2025 - Quote of the Day
“We are the first species capable of self-annihilation.” – Said CEO of Tesla Elon Musk
February 28, 2025 - Quote of the Day
When you develop your opinions on the basis of weak evidence, you will have difficulty interpreting subsequent information that contradicts these opinions, even if this new information is obviously more accurate,” said Nassim Nicholas Taleb, author of Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder.”
Why Your Other Investment Newsletter is Sooo Dangerous
Not a day goes by without me hearing from a reader about the competition. They previously subscribed to a newsletter that promised a top-drawer education, an insider’s insights, and spectacular returns, sometimes 100% or more a month. “Doubled in a day” is a frequently heard term. The entry-level costs are only a few bucks, but
February 25, 2025 - Quote of the Day
"As successful as solar has become, there was a bloody road of corporate carnage to get there," said Joel Makower, chairman of the GreenBiz Group.
The Market Outlook for the Week Ahead, or The Downside of Doge and The Last Glass of Kool-Aid
Let’s engage in a thought experiment here. Let’s assume that the new government is successful in all its goals and government spending is cut by $2 trillion. That is 7.2% of the $27.2 trillion US GDP. A loss of that magnitude of economic activity is known as a recession on the order of the one
February 24, 2025 - Quote of the Day
“Apple is an electric utility now. People don’t want them changing the wall sockets. People will pay them not to change,” said Roger McNamee, cofounder of venture capitalist Elevation Partners.
February 21, 2025 - Quote of the Day
“The car business is hell,” said founder Elon Musk, when announcing he would sleep in the Fremont Tesla factory until Model S production reached 2,500 units a week.
How to Hedge Your Currency Risk
Let’s say you absolutely love a stock but despise the currency of the country it comes from. The United States comes to mind. The US Federal Reserve is about to commence with a policy of cutting interest rates that could last a year. That means the greenback is about to become the weakest currency in
Testimonial
Thanks for the advice, John. Actually, I just got started with investing as I’ve been living close to the edge raising kids all these years. I had $100K that I could float for a few months so I had it in the Eaton Vance Tax-Managed Diversified Equity Income Fund (ETY) until my old golf buddy/broker