Scary News Headlines
News headlines are always scary. The Covid pandemic seems as if it will never be eradicated, what with Delta evolving into Omicron. Economic news cries of supply chain constraints and rampant inflation. Inflation hasn’t been this bad since the early 1980’s. And Russia is massing troops on the Ukrainian border ...
Investment Headlines are Confusing
A blog thread on www.catholic.com started with the statement, “I simply cannot understand the stock market headlines.” Most of the response posts have done little to bring clarity to the matter. Throughout my working career it seems there has never been clear-cut reporting on the economy and investing. Very smart ...
Things Are Not Always What They Seem
Things aren’t always as they appear. Even less often are they what we want them to be. Apply this to investing. When making investment decisions, it is common to consult the annual reports of the companies under consideration. Unfortunately, in the recent past, annual reports aren’t always as accurate as ...
Pursuing Money in a Tough Year
What a tough year this has been for pursuing money. Bank and brokerage firm failures. Sub-prime mortgages and housing market crashes. Government bailouts of Citigroup and GM. Credit crunches and high unemployment. Stock market roller coaster volatility and terribly low interest rates. Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Afghanistan… How do you ...