Benchmarking is a pernicious thing in financial circles.
Category: Investing Basics
Is a House Really a Good “Investment”?
I’ve had this post queued up for three months debating whether to post it or not because I know it will ruffle a lot of feathers. Then I read this [ … ]
Is the Stock Market a Zero Sum Game?
I got this question in the forum over the weekend and I think it’s an important one since I seem to get it quite often. It’s interesting to note that [ … ]
Where Does “Cash” Come From?
There’s this obsession with physical money in life. I don’t know where it comes from or why it persists, but it does. I guess maybe it’s the sense of security [ … ]
Outperforming the S&P 500 is not Easy. Don’t Be Fooled Otherwise.
I was browsing MarketWatch and noticed this article titled “Beating the market is easy”. It’s a catchy title and I like to beat the market so I clicked on the [ … ]
Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour
We all want to be financially stable and enjoy a well-funded retirement, and we don’t want to throw out our hard earned money on poor investments. But most of us don’t know the first thing about finance and investing. Acclaimed value investor William Ackman teaches you what it takes to finance and grow a successful business and how to make sound investments that will grant you to a cash-comfy retirement.
What is Behavioral Alpha?
Here is an interesting expansion on the idea of Sell in May. Fidelity Investments elaborates by combining several time cycle indicators into one. The result – still Sell in May:
Ending the Cash on the Sidelines Myth
If you turn on financial TV for a bit you’ll likely hear the term “cash on the sidelines”. This term is generally used during a bullish market commentary in which [ … ]