Last week I challenged (by parsing some data) one economist’s assertion that stocks were doomed and bonds and gold would be the best places

Here’s an article I wrote back on August 27, 2013. Ironically, the stuff the market was weighing then is essentially the same stuff it’s

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As you’re deafened by the rhetoric, understand this basic reality: if Chinese producers desire to make stuff to sell American consumers at prices much

Energy stocks (10% of our typical equity portfolio) have been a tough place to be — in an otherwise favorable market — so far

As you’ve noticed, I take every opportunity to express the fact that I shun much of the financial news and virtually all mainstream investment

So, I virtually never read articles anymore with sensational titles (actually, I seldom read any ‘articles’ anymore). However, I can’t help but read a headline

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As I preach here incessantly, to be successful at investing one must develop a sense for the macro, and diligently dull the senses that

Dow’s down 165 as I type. All the headlines blame Congress’s failure to replace the Affordable Care Act. The market dipping for that particular