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.
Category: Myth Busting
(Popular Myths of the Economy and Markets….BUSTED!
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, 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 [ … ]
The Biggest Myths in Investing, Part 7 – Fees are a Small Price to Pay for Expert Advice
This is the seventh 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 6 – Gold is a Good Portfolio Hedge
This is the sixth 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 5 – Bonds Lose Value if Rates Rise
This is the fifth 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 [ … ]