I was a guest speaker this week on MarketWatchers LIVE over at StockCharts.com. Tom Bowley and Erin Swenlin do a fantastic job breaking down the markets. Simple charts with powerful messages!
The Three Features of Technical Analysis
Awareness Does Not Equal Immunity
I've spoken often about behavioral biases and how to minimize their impact on your investment decisions. So if I'm so familiar with all of these biases, then I'm able to completely avoid them in my own investing, right? A recent interview with Professor Patricia Devine from the University of Wisconsin-Madison shows why the answer is a big "no."
Getting Your Head Around Amazon
"Amazon makes no sense," begins a recent article trying to grasp the impact of this one company on so many other companies and industries. As Bloomberg points out, "Executives at the biggest U.S. companies mentioned Amazon thousands of times during investor calls last year, according to transcripts—more than President Trump and almost as often as taxes."
Three Lessons from Janet Yellen
Watching the yield curve steadily flatten over the last couple years, I'm reminded of the classic relationship between the shape of the yield curve and recessionary periods. However, Janet Yellen is here to say those fatal words, "This time is different."
Slippery Signs from Junk Bonds
Great Investors are Great Readers
I was not surprised to hear of the coming demise of e-readers. In a time when we're consolidating from needing many devices to needing only a few (I just used my iPhone to mute my Amazon Fire TV), I always felt e-readers were a temporary phenomenon.
How Do I Keep Organized?
The Beauty of Simplicity
I can't stop thinking about this visualization I saw recently showing the population in U.S. states over the last 100 years...
