How expensive are stocks relative to bonds?
Ben Carlson
The Pros & Cons of More Volatile Inflation
Why inflation is good and bad at the same time.
Do Valuations Even Matter For the Stock Market?
Robert Shiller has a free online database of historical stock market data I’ve been using for years. Going back to 1871, Shiller has data on historical interest rates, dividends, earnings, inflation and valuations. His preferred valuation measure is the cyclically-adjusted price to earnings (CAPE) ratio The average CAPE ratio going back to 1871 is 17.4x…
Everyone Has Their Own Money Trauma
How to deal with a large increase in your income in a short period of time.
Why I’m Not Worried About $1 Trillion in Credit Card Debt
A short history of consumer borrowing and credit card debt in America.
Even When the Stock Market Goes Up it Still Goes Down
Preparing yourself for different moves in the stock market.
Social Security: The Most Important Retirement Plan Ever Created
A short history of how retirement has evolved over the past 200 years.
The Pros & Cons of Owning a Rental Property
If you are selling your house and have a 3% mortgage, shouldn’t you just hold onto it and turn it into a rental property?
Rolling the Dice on the Stock Market
The problem with 6% T-bill yields in lieu of investing in the stock market.
One Year Returns Don’t Matter
The only returns that matter for investors.
