My #1 Rule of Investing

Posted on Sunday, May 19th, 2019

We are not market timers, we are risk managers, which means we gradually adjust our allocation in accordance with a shift in those warning flags for the level of danger in the market. Most money managers out there follow a blind buy-and-hold approach. That’s not a problem for investors in their 20s and 30s because… read more.

Twitter Bombs

Posted on Sunday, May 12th, 2019

Last week we suggested an investor emotion check after starting 2019 in a straight line higher. Are we giddy given the gains so far in 2019? Well, last week turned out to be a gut check. Markets having reached the old highs are now sputtering on China Trade Wars. If it wasn’t the China Trade… read more.

At the Quarter Pole

Posted on Sunday, May 5th, 2019

  The most critical thing to control for successful investing is your emotions. We all have our own relationship to money and we react in our own unique way. In December we heard some groans from investors as they watched their returns slip away but we also heard from some who were cheering our purchases… read more.