Monthly Archives: April 2014
Taxes, Bono, and the Big Easy: Weekly Web Gems
Tax credits and the welfare state . . . The tax man cometh, and he’s bringing your wealth to redistribute! 3rd-grade teachers are wrong (3:34) . . . not about everything, maybe, but about recycling definitely. Capitalism in the Big Easy … Continue reading
So You Think You Can TIME THE MARKET? Part II
In the last email I made the case that it is literally impossible to time the market given the fact that no warnings are given ahead of time and that the big changes are so furiously sharp that you are … Continue reading
So you think you can TIME THE MARKET ? Part I
Here are a couple of facts about this stock market that we love so much. I’ll use the S&P 500, but any diversified index will work. So, for US LARGE companies the following has been true since 1926, which is … Continue reading
Ayn Rand, Monopolies, and Crimea: Your Weekly Web Gems
The corporate artist? (6:00) . . . Not an oxymoron in Ayn Rand’s thinking, as Prof. Jennifer Burns explains in her analysis of Atlas Shrugged. Nanny of the Month (1:42) . . . Frisco, Texas, wins this month’s prize … Continue reading
Don’t market time – LOVE THE BEAR instead
Intrinsic values of companies increase slowly over time with good, solid management. Many of these companies you know and love; a host of others – small, international, et al – are quietly making gains every year. History tells us that … Continue reading