Even if you haven’t been paying close attention to the investment world you’ve probably recently heard the term “quantitative easing” or QE. In simple terms, QE is a way for … Read more →

Stocks go up, usually for long stretches of time. Sometimes they fall. Typically, investors can simply wait out the downturns, but not always. Life intervenes: A surprise medical bill, a … Read more →

It’s been hard to get away from the pile-on of scary coronavirus news. Every day, it seems, a new country struggles to contain an outbreak. Did you even know what … Read more →

Stocks are priced by traders all day, every day that the markets are open. Presumably, at any given moment, the price set by those many trades is accurate by definition. … Read more →

Jeremy Siegel, the Wharton professor most famous for writing the investment classic Stocks for the Long Run, recently claimed the following: “We believe that the old 60/40 model just won’t … Read more →

Investors put money to work with an eye toward making money, called return on capital. But there’s another kind of return, called return of capital. The difference is important because … Read more →

A presidential impeachment. A virus running wild in China. An election year in full swing. Now is the time to get out of stocks, right? If only it were that … Read more →

Sometimes investors hear analysts and fund managers refer to “macroeconomics” in their explanations of investment decisions. So what is macroeconomics? Put simply, it’s a way to break down the broader … Read more →

When investments flame out and fall to zero they often are referred to as being akin to a “Ponzi scheme.” While there may be a number of reasons a stock … Read more →

There’s a lot to be said for doing nothing when it comes to investing. The investment industry is set up to encourage activity. Who else can stock brokers and financial … Read more →