One of the more common responses to the fact that inflation is low is the idea that the inflation is all in asset prices. So, for instance, if someone were [ … ]
Category: Myth Busting
(Popular Myths of the Economy and Markets….BUSTED!
Why Bitcoin Will Never Be the Dominant Form of Money
The ultimate dream of the crypto currency enthusiasts is for money to become decentralized and essentially removed from the hands of banks and Central Banks who can “manipulate” it for [ … ]
2 Annoying Myths About Low Rates
There’s usually two forms of ideological rhetoric that accompany low interest rates. The first is that the Fed has “manipulated” interest rates lower. And the second is that the Fed is “punishing savers”. Let’s take a look at each of these ideas because I find them misleading at best and hypocritical at worst.
Are Individual Bonds Safer than Bond Funds?
The WSJ was out with a piece discussing outflows from DoubleLine’s Total Return Bond fund this week. One of the reasons for the outflows was cited as the lack of [ … ]
Indexing isn’t Just for Quitters
* Sorry for the brief hiatus. Life got in the way and I had to take some time off. All is better now in case anyone cares. Here’s a [ … ]
The Biggest Myths in Investing
The following ten posts include some of the biggest myths in the investing world. I hope you find them educational and informative.
The Biggest Myths in Investing, Part 10 – Forecasts are Useless
This is the tenth instalment of a ten part series similar to what I did with “The Biggest Myths in Economics”. Many of these will be familiar to regular readers, but [ … ]
The Biggest Myths in Investing, Part 9 – Risk Is Something we Can Quantify
This is the ninth instalment of a ten part series similar to what I did with “The Biggest Myths in Economics”. Many of these will be familiar to regular readers, but [ … ]
The Biggest Myths in Investing, Part 8 – More Information Will Give me an Immediate Advantage
This is the eighth instalment of a ten part series similar to what I did with “The Biggest Myths in Economics”. Many of these will be familiar to regular readers, but [ … ]