A Wealth of Common Sense. Investor, author, and host of Animal Spirits podcast, focuses on simplifying finance for everyone; has backed over 200 companies.
Back in 2019 I penned a eulogy for the 60/40 portfolio:
The 60/40 portfolio passed away on October 16, 2019, from complications of low interest rates and a bad case of Fed manipulation. This is the 27th time 60/40 has died in the past decade but enemies market timing, day traders, and alternative investments are hopeful it will stick this time around.
I couldn’t help it. The financial media kept pronouncing it dead ...
Bill Sweet joined me for our 200th episode (!) to answer questions about the beauty of Roth IRAs for early retirement, how Gen Z saves, how to handle the risks of retirement planning and how servicemembers should manage their money.
Further Reading:
4 Questions About the Housing Market
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The housing market was very affordable with low mortgage rates in the 2010s.
The housing market was relatively affordable in 2020 and 2021 with generationally low mortgage rates in 2020 and 2021.
Since 2022 the housing market has become extremely unaffordable with much higher mortgage rates.
The ramifications of this move seem obvious. Many young people are out of luck if they don’t have help from family money. Lots...
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On today’s show, we discuss:
Transforming the return structure of an asset class from capital appreciation towards income
Growth in the Option ETF space
Using option strategies to lower overall portfolio volatility
Option ETFs that build around core portfolio allocations...
Some questions to consider as we approach a new year for the stock market:
What will the worst drawdown look like? Going back to 1928, the average peak-to-trough drawdown in a given calendar year is -16%.
That’s higher than it seems, right?
Drawdowns were worse than average in 2025 (-18.9%), 2022 (-25.4%) and 2020 (-33.9%). Peak-to-trough drawdowns were better than average in 2024 (-8.5%), 2023 (-10.3%) and 2021 (-...
