Friends Don’t Leave Friends Holding the Bag
"Everybody, seriously everybody, on these platforms is talking their book. They are saying things, consciously or unconsciously, that will benefit them. Their needs may be emotional, financial or some...
11 Feb 20213min
Oblivious
"We keep learning that much of the process by which we exercise judgment and make decisions is, shall we say, sub-optimal for the modern world." - Barry Ritholtz For more visit: The Big Picture For ...
9 Feb 20215min
How The Stock Market Works
"Many people compare the stock market to a casino but in a casino, the odds are stacked against you. The longer you play in a casino, the greater the odds you’ll walk away a loser because the house wi...
8 Feb 20217min
Managing Your Investments Late in the Cycle
"This rinse, lather, repeat cycle of market history is filled with epic stock narratives. A couple of the more recognizable ones in recent history include the dot-com boom of the late 1990s, real esta...
5 Feb 20219min
It Feels Like the Game is Rigged
"Right now, people are getting rich quick. But this will not last forever. And the worst thing about trying to get rich quick, aside from the fact that it usually backfires, is that when it doesn’t wo...
4 Feb 20219min
Delete Junk Food From Your Retirement Portfolio
"We are one of the world’s richest nations, but many investors own the investment equivalent of Corn Dogs in their retirement accounts." - Tony Isola For more visit: A Teachable Moment For disclosur...
3 Feb 20215min
Crowdsourced Pump and Dump
"This week, I witnessed the craziest thing I’ve ever seen in the stock market. A merry band of traders, congregating on the popular internet message board, Reddit, successfully pulled off a massive sh...
2 Feb 20217min
Late Cycle Bubblicious?
"Finding historical parallels to the pandemic ground hog day circumstances is all but impossible: Stuck at home, the usual in-person socializing non-existent, much of our favored live entertainments u...
30 Jan 20215min
