Stock Market
Save Like a Pessimist, Invest Like an Optimist
One of my favorite authors in the blogosphere is Morgan Housel, author of The Psychology of Money. He said something recently that really got me to thinking about why we believe so much in the power of a Bucket Strategy. His advice was this: Save Like a Pessimist and Invest Like an Optimist. So… View Article
Why Chasing Stock Yield Is a Bad Idea
Introduction If you’ve ever done investment research on individual companies, you may have noticed that the dividend yield of some companies seems to be a lot higher than others of a similar class of stocks. And sometimes those higher yields look pretty attractive, don’t they? After all, isn’t owning a stock with a 10% dividend… View Article
Investing: Is It Sometimes Better to Do Nothing?
Introduction If you’re like most investors, you’ve probably been hit pretty hard here in 2022. As of mid-July, the S&P 500 index was down almost 19%… this, after having gained almost 27% and hitting all-time highs just the year before. The turnaround was sharp, as investors started heading for the hills toward what they thought… View Article