Opportunities in a Economic Downturn | October 2023
Opportunities in a Downturn We obviously can’t predict a market down-turn in advance, but we can certainly prepare for one. With the markets in a bit of a doldrums the … Read More
2023 Third Quarter Investment Report
Nobody is talking about the fact that the tax provisions in the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017 are due to revert back, after December 31, 2025, to what … Read More
Financial Opportunities in a Economic Downturn
Opportunities in a Downturn We obviously can’t predict a market down-turn in advance, but we can certainly prepare for one. With the markets in a bit of a doldrums the … Read More
How Do You Plan for a Future You Can’t Accurately Predict?
In 1992 American political scientist Francis Fukuyama published The End of History and the Last Man. This highly regarded book declared that global politics had reached its final stage. Liberal … Read More
Stop Focusing On Daily Returns
Not only will focusing on daily returns likely drive you crazy, but it’s nearly impossible to draw an inference as to how coming months, quarters, or years may play out … Read More
How Peer Forums help Business Leader Loneliness | September 2023
Business Leader Loneliness and the Antidote of Peer Forums by Brad Lee I vividly remember driving to my first peer forum meeting, thinking, “I don’t have time for this! What … Read More
Why We Tend to Trick Ourselves into Making Bad Trades
Hans Christian Andersen recorded a folktale about a poor farmer who takes his horse to market to sell or exchange for something that will be more practical for his farm. … Read More
Bond Complexities | September 2023
Strive for Antifragile, Accept Resilient, and Don’t Rely on Crowd-Funding When I was a child, my father was injured on the job and could never work again beyond sporadic and … Read More
Housing Construction is in Decline
Did you know that last year, roughly 1.66 million new homes were constructed? This includes single-family homes (975 million), 2-4 unit residences (54.8 million), and buildings with 5 or more … Read More
Bond Complexities
On the surface, investing in bonds is pretty simple. You buy a bond, which basically means you are loaning a company, a municipal organization, or the US government, the face … Read More