Does An Inverted Yield Curve Mean I Should Get Out Of The Markets?
It is easy for an inverted yield curve to spook investors.
It is easy for an inverted yield curve to spook investors.
It is possible to be prepared for financial emergencies by living 10% more frugally and saving for the inevitable eventuality.
The unpleasant reality is that socialism quickly turns to the use of force to bring about their vision of society.
I must say that homeschooling was by far my best education experience.
Without taxes, you could leave work at 2:41pm every day.
When I was a teen, my grandfather George Marotta passed down to me his copy of “What You Need to Know Before You Invest” by Rod Davis. I recommend this book as way to gain a baseline understanding.
Stock buyback programs are a method of returning profits to shareholders without causing a taxable event.
There are as many as 60 different stock markets around the world.
There are always those who discount the power of having a diversified portfolio in favor of putting everything in whatever is going to go up the most.
In 2003, the Goldman Sachs Global Economics Department predicted the economic and geopolitical influence of Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC countries) would become increasingly visible in the developed world. We revisit those countries here.
Incentives matter. If you are going to get a financial advisor, you need to select a fee-only advisor because you need to find an advisor you can trust.
In recognition of its efforts to reduce its debt and deficit and Ireland’s return to the “free” category of the economic freedom index, I think the letter I for Ireland should be removed from PIIGS and it should return once more to just PIGS.
We require each Investment Committee member to have, at a minimum, the CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ (CFP®) or Chartered Financial Analyst ® (CFA) designation.
If these had been the original intentions of the legislation, we should have known that Obamacare would not be worth it.
At best, it is a crutch holding you up. At worst, it is a ball and chain holding you down.
This letter came with a large bold “YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW” notice along with a 5 week deadline for compliance.
It is commonplace for special interest groups to use lobbyists to gain control of their own industry’s regulation. This failure where interests group seizes control of a governmental power is called “regulatory capture.”
The burden of mandatory government data collection should be opposed whenever possible.
Private property, free markets, and protection from aggression solve a lot of problems.
The free market fails to be a centralized economy. That’s why it is called “free.”
Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol is one of the best stories for talking about economics.
“When Congress acts, whatever it is called it will do the exact opposite. So the Affordable Care Act will make plans not affordable.”
“Once the incision is made, there is no turning back. And without a clear understanding of economics, our experimental treatment may kill Uncle Sam.” It’s too bad Congress didn’t take this 2009 article’s advice yet.
Employers are paying more in benefits, but with the increase in health care costs there is less for retirement contributions.
TD Ameritrade has received a large number of complaints. But apparently not enough to change their decision. If you have a TD Ameritrade account perhaps your call will help them change their minds.
InvestmentNews advocates lying to clients, but I think if your advisor doesn’t have integrity, you can stop there and find a new advisor.
Those who believe that more regulation is the answer don’t understand how human nature works.
Under one theory, changes in GDP or the rate of GDP growth precede and could cause stock markets to react and move in response. This is usually not the case.
Our minds are wired to quickly generalize on perceived trends and react to them.
Bear Markets are unpredictable, but there is no reason that they should be a cause of distress.
Before the children arrive, squirrel away some money. When the children go out on their own you get one last chance to save for retirement.
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Many people are first exposed to investing in grade school through a very simple game. Unfortunately, this game teaches all the wrong lessons.
Financial Christmas gifts don’t need to be a piggy bank. They can be more serious and more meaningful than that.
ObamaCare was always going to be a bad law and now, five years in, that should be clear to everybody.
For a calm investor, a crash will just mean that the stocks you would have bought anyway are temporarily on sale.
An alternate look at the formula using the case study of Kate the Social worker who wants an MBA from Georgetown University.
This is a complete list of the budgets and purposes of the federal agencies that begin with the letter A.
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From the blind eye of the law, this seems like a violation of SEC regulation.
Obama evidently believes that politicians are elected to make a difference in the lives of Americans. The problem is that no one can opt out of a federal impact.
Regardless of income level, overspending causes poverty.
“Markets have made possible the prospect of the bulk of an economy’s population not being poor and oppressed.”
Ken Elzinga writes the popular Henry Spearman mystery novels under the pen name of Marshal Jevons. We caught up with Professor Elzinga for the following interview.
Read an excerpt from Ken Elzinga’s latest Henry Spearman mystery novel.
Unfortunately, Obama’s good intentions are thwarted by the economic principle formulated by banker Charles Goodhart.
Last year plans were being cancelled. This year, citizens are receiving notifications of rate hikes in the double digits. Is this really happening?
The lottery is based on the most powerful way to motivate people and change their behavior: a variable reward in response to a specific behavior.
We must return, as much as possible, to a fee-for-service approach to health care and restore the traditional doctor-patient relationship.
We can only afford to allow others the freedom to strive against death when we are not trying collectively to subsidize it.