Tag Archives: Diversification

Companies Work for YOU.

In an article sent to me recently by a client, Burton Malkiel, author of many books including A Random Walk Down Wall Street, makes the following statement about corporate earnings (read it twice if you need to): “…the structure of U.S. … Continue reading

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Lose the Guru

From time to time I’ll copy something from another investor coach somewhere in the country and pass it along. This is one such time. The following came from the Facebook page of John Borger from Menifee Lakes, California. Thanks, John—this … Continue reading

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Not So Fast!

“Not so fast” is something that I often say to those clients who are ‘raring to go’ before they fully understand what the investment option really is. I had one such client four years ago. We met a few times, … Continue reading

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Should I buy Google at $420?

I’m at the lake this weekend and talking with my 19 year old nephew, Chris, about Google’s current stock price. He’s done some research and thinks at $420 per share, this company may be a buy. “It’s been over $800,” he posits. “It’s a … Continue reading

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Keep it Simple

I was reading Bogle this morning (still on chapter 3) and he referrenced William of Occam, a franciscan friar and philosopher famous for his Razor theory. Here it is in three forms: “Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily” or put … Continue reading

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