It’s not generally known that the number of publicly-traded stocks has fallen substantially, from more than 8,000 in 1996 to roughly 3,700 today. Does that mean that there are fewer … Read More
Leftover Rollover Suppose you’ve been contributing to a 529 college savings plan, but your son or daughter doesn’t use all the money for tuition, books etc. Do you just ask … Read More
We’re all accustomed to thinking of China as the fastest-growing economy in the world, but recent events have had global investors rethinking that story. At the start of the year, … Read More
On its surface, investing for retirement seems to be all about getting the numbers right. Your timeline, your tax strategy, your portfolio allocation, and your income goals are all things … Read More
There have been calls to declare that the U.S. economic recovery since the recent pandemic to be a miracle, and the Biden Administration’s various efforts— including the Inflation Reduction Act … Read More
More than 40 years ago, if you had made a list of the most influential investors in America, Peter Lynch would have been near the top. From 1977 to 1990 … Read More
New Highs. Now What? We’re all reading headlines telling us that the stock market has reached all-time highs, something that never happened in 2023. Many investors who have a worrisome … Read More
When Federal Reserve Board economists kept insisting that 2022’s inflation levels were ‘transitory,’ it sometimes elicited derisive laughter from reporters. But it turns out they were right. As the Covid … Read More
Good and Bad Debt You’ve probably read articles that talk about ‘good’ and ‘bad’ debt, but what, exactly, is the difference? The simple answer is that good debt is borrowing … Read More
The U.S. military budget just keeps going up, year after year, as a percentage of the U.S. economy, and the amount of support the U.S. is sending to Israel and … Read More
