Why the Financial Goalposts Are Always Moving

Texto por Ben Carlson In 1980 the life expectancy in China was just 67 years old. It’s now up to 77 years old. In that time, the Chinese economy has grown by nearly 10% per year. GDP per capita and household consumption each grew fourfold between 1990 and 2005. Researchers wanted to see if the economic …

10 Things I Love About Market Corrections

Foto por Burak Kebapci em Pexels.com Losing money is never fun but it is a normal part of the investment process. Stocks go up most of the time but sometimes they go down. So it goes. Setting aside the losing money part of the equation, I’ve grown to love the downturns. Here are 10 things I …

Why Simple Beats Complex

Foto por Daniel Mingook Kim em Pexels.com One of my guiding principles is that less is more and simple beats complex. I was asked recently why this is the case. I wrote a whole book on this topic that even says “Why Simplicity Trumps Complexity in Any Investment Plan” in the title. While I can’t …

Predicting the Future is Hard

In April of 2001, Lin Wells from the Pentagon drafted a letter to President George W. Bush with a subject line that read: Predicting the Future. It was just one page in length: His conclusion was as good of a prediction as you can make about the future: I’m not sure what 2010 will look like, …

Time Horizon is Everything For Investors

Foto por JD em Pexels.com Jeff Bezos1 took to Twitter this week to take a victory lap over and old Barron’s cover story: I’m sure this story didn’t go over well at Amazon’s headquarters when it came out so I’m sure he’s thought long and hard about how to dunk on this one over the years. …