This is the craziest market I’ve ever seen. The pandemic somehow turned a bunch of people into day traders.  At first they were buying beaten-down airline and cruise stocks. Now they’ve moved on to buying shares of companies that have filed for bankruptcy. Hertz, JC Penney, Pier 1, Chesapeake Energy and GNC have all filed…

1968 is widely regarded as one of the worst years in American history. It was the deadliest year in the Vietnam conflict with more than sixteen thousand American soldiers dying. In a nine-week span between April and June of 1968 both Martin Luther King, Jr. and Robert Kennedy, two of the most inspirational figures in…

“A spoonful of tar can spoil a barrel of honey, but a spoonful of honey does nothing for a barrel of tar.” – Old Russian Saying In his heyday, David Letterman was a celebrity to celebrities. Every comedian on the planet has a podcast now and the ones from a specific era mention making it…

How do you get bubble behavior during a depression?

Tales from Ben’s brokerage account.

The importance of understanding market history when investing.

The double-edged sword of experience during a bear market.

When I wrote this piece for Fortune a couple of weeks ago it seemed apt to compare the market volatility to the ups and downs of the European debt crisis of 2011. At the outset of this downturn, we were seeing 3% and 4% moves in both directions. Then last week the market said to…