A Wealth of Common Sense. Investor, author, and host of Animal Spirits podcast, focuses on simplifying finance for everyone; has backed over 200 companies.
In The Investor’s Manifesto, William Bernstein lays out the four abilities every investor needs to be successful:
First they must possess an interest in the process. It is no different from carpentry, gardening, or parenting. If money management is not enjoyable, then a lousy job inevitably results, and, unfortunately, most people enjoy finance about as much as they do root canal work.
Second, investors need more t...
Bill Sweet joined us on the show again this week to tackle questions about why stocks are up, how consumption taxes work, foreign tax credits, how to save for college, retirement planning for small business owners and how to sell low cost basis stocks.
Further Reading:
31 Years of Stock Market Returns
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Here are 7 of the biggest risks from the past 100 years or so of financial markets:
1. Following the Roaring 20s the U.S. stock market peaked in September 1929. Over the next three years or so the stock market would fall 86%.
A $1 million portfolio would have turned into $140,000.
2. The 1970s inflation was absolutely brutal for households and investors alike. The inflation rate averaged nearly 8% per year that decade, wh...
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On today’s show, we discuss:
Why AAA CLOs have never experienced a default in the history of the asset class, through 2008, 2020, and 2022
How the waterfall structure and overcollateralization in CLOs provide a built-in layer of credit protection
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After being down 7% on the year at the end of March, the S&P 500 is now up almost 9% in 2026.
The bull market marches on.
As the AI trade shifts into overdrive and the market moves on from geopolitical concerns almost immediately, it’s worth considering the potential for a market melt-up.
Maybe it’s already here?
These are the one year returns for various segments of the stock market:
Not bad but these t...
