Portfolio Issues - Banks and Bumps Two large US banks were taken over by the FDIC, and one large Swiss bank was forced to merge with a...

Portfolio Issues - Timing 2022 was a year most investors want to forget. After a year like this, some variation of, “I know you can’t...

Portfolio Issues - Optimistic The negative stories about the economy and about the world continue under a steady drumbeat. The Federal...

Portfolio Issues - The Long Term Negative stories surrounding the market seem to be everywhere you look. Inflation, the Russian invasion...

Portfolio Issues - Russian Reminder Sometimes an event comes along that reminds us of what we already know. At the end of February Russia...

Portfolio Issues - Expectations If we told you to expect a 5% return on stocks next year, and the return was in fact 5%, you’d probably...

Portfolio Issues - Cash Cash is a wonderful thing. Like a good pillow, it’s nice to have when you need it. But also like a good pillow,...

Portfolio Issues - Bitcoin We’ve alluded to the silliness of Bitcoin. We thought it time to add some more thoughtful words. In short, our...

Portfolio Issues - Taxes Around this time of year, taxes demand our attention, so they are perhaps worth a word or two. We don’t...

Portfolio Issues — Long Term In the Market View section, we try to give you a sense of what to expect from the markets over a fairly...

Portfolio Issues New Employee I want to introduce you to my first employee: Ben. Ben graduated with a degree in Economics from the...

The Big Five This is one of those times when diversification is offering limited benefits. Bonds have fulfilled their role, yes, but...

Market Timing If you were ever looking for a good example of why market timing is extremely difficult to pull off successfully, the last...