Retirement Investing
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The New Era of High Income Investing That is Safe
We’re moving from an era when investors wanted primarily growth and capital gains to one when there is more demand for income, says Bill Gross of PIMCO. These investors want high income but also safe income. In this environment is it important that investment managers get right certain other issues, such as the safety of […]
Top Investment Peeves
Cliff Asness of AQR Research and the mutual funds of the same name published an essay on his top 10 peeves, which are all investment and finance related. Actually there are more than 10, because several have multiple peeves within them. His explanations make some good points about investments, finance, and economics. “There is a […]
Understanding the 1929 and 2008 Stock Market Crashes
This is another long one from The Philosophical Economist, but it is worth the time. The basic argument is that people generally misunderstand why stocks declined so much in 1929 and also why they fell in 2008. The writer believes that it wasn’t valuations, and that’s an important lesson for today when many people point […]
5 Mental Mistakes that Trim Investment Profits
You know about behavioral economics and how it shows that many of us seem hardwired to make decisions about money that are bad for us. Contrary to what economists say, people aren’t rational and profit-maximizing. Here’s a good summary of the five most common mental or thinking traits that lead to bad decisions. Recency effect. […]
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Why Are People Holding So Much Cash?
Stock markets and other investments have been on a roll since early 2009. But not many investors have enjoyed the increase. Investors are holding a lot of cash in their portfolios, and they increased cash holdings as markets rose, according to a new study. Why? Mostly because after the financial crisis people don’t trust the […]
The Danger of Collectibles Investing
Antiques, collectibles, and other unconventional investments have done well the last few years. That attracts more people to them. Unfortunately, it takes a lot of knowledge or the help of a very good, honest consultant to do well. The big problem is paying too much because an item is either a fake, inferior quality, or […]
Losing Investment Models
Ever since the financial crisis, and especially in the aftermath dominated by the Fed’s quantitative easing, I’ve noticed that old investment models generally don’t work. There are many mutual funds and investment firms that built models that worked very well for a long time. Some had models to pick stocks or bonds, Others had models […]
Hoping for a Stock Market Crash
Here’s an interesting exercise demonstrating that you’d be better off if stock indexes were to crash by 66% than if they increase by 200% and then hold that final value. There are a couple of assumptions to consider before hoping that the market will crash. One assumption is that your retirement is 30 years away. […]
