Roller Coaster

Posted on Sunday, June 9th, 2019

Healthy markets don’t rally 2% in one day as they did on Tuesday. This week the market was faced with President Trump launching trade wars against Mexico and India while the US GDP is slowing, Europe’s de facto economic leader Germany’s manufacturing is collapsing, global trade bell weather South Korea saw its exports collapse further… read more.

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.