Here is a shocking fact: Asset allocation, the idea of spreading one’s money into different buckets or asset classes, accounts for 90% of a portfolio’s return over time. This leaves … Read more →

The latest biography on the world’s most famous investor is titled “The Snowball – Warren Buffett and the Business of Life.” The term “snowball” is a metaphor for a core … Read more →

Summer is a lazy time of the year, and the market was certainly relaxed until mid-July. The major indices dropped by over 2% as bad news spooked investors. The talking … Read more →

In competitive pursuits, there are established and transparent measurement systems to determine not just performance but how performance is achieved. In professional sports, a variety of statistics are used to … Read more →

For some, The Candy Man is a fun ditty from the 1971 movie “Willie Wonka and The Chocolate Factory.” The phrase, however, has its origins in a much more sinister … Read more →

A few weeks ago BP CEO, Tony Hayward, felt the heat of America’s ire for his “I want my life back” gaffe. This week, BP Chairman, Carl-Henric Svanberg, may have … Read more →

Americans today have various visceral feelings about British Petroleum (BP). Mostly, it conjures up pictures of oil-soaked creatures, executives sweating during their public flogging, government intervention, and ruined beaches. Aside … Read more →

A man having a religious crisis of faith initially spoke the famous words of this blogs subject line. He was acknowledging that with tough decisions, there is a continuum, not … Read more →

Do you like investing? Find it fun to read, study and peruse investment resources to better yourself as an investor? Have you given your children a few bucks to buy … Read more →

Like a volcano, markets go through phases: they do very little and then suddenly they spit fiery lava. With new problems being introduced each day, be it Greek debt or … Read more →