How low interest rates are impacting the markets in counterintuitive ways.
Occam’s Razor on Interest Rates and the Stock Market
More Thoughts on the Worst Case Scenarios for Diversified Portfolios
Looking at a 50/50 portfolio vs. a 75/25 portfolio vs. an all-stock portfolio.
Some Crisis Investing Lessons From My Fun Portfolio
Tales from Ben’s brokerage account.
Making Sense of a Stock Market That Doesn’t Make Any Sense
The stock market can be one of the most confusing places on earth.
Animal Spirits: Physical Delivery
Michael and Ben discuss oil prices going negative and much more.
What’s The Worst Case Scenario for Diversified Portfolios?
Diversification can make you feel like you’re running uphill with a weighted vest on during a bull market. It’s only during a bear market that you realize its importance as a form of risk management. A 50/50 portfolio of the S&P 500 and Barclays Aggregate Bond Index is down 3.9% or so this year compared…
Do We Need to Worry About Government Debt?
At the end of March, the federal government passed the $2.2 trillion CARES Act to provide financial relief to millions of Americans and a number of businesses to help see them through the crisis. This week they just tacked on an additional $484 billion. That’s around 10% of annual economic output in the U.S. This…
Animal Spirits: Free Oil
Michael and Ben discuss craziness in the oil market and more.
The Collapse of the Energy Sector
How the energy sector fell from prominence.
Different Strategies For Putting Cash to Work During a Bear Market
What are your options for putting cash to work during a bear market?
