Is It Time To Invest Overseas…?
I didn’t read a book until I was 19. It’s true. It’s not that I didn’t want to read it’s just that the way my brain was designed, it made reading a very very very effort-based event. So, by the end of the first page I was exhausted and I had to take a break.…
How Shakeable Are You? The Problem with Tony Robbin’s Book “Unshakeable”
To Be “Unshakeable” The definition of Shakeable according to The Free Dictionary, which has over 9 billion visitors to its website is: To cause to lose stability or strength, as of conviction: a crisis that has shaken my deepest beliefs…to disturb or agitate emotionally, upset, to tremble: he was shaken by the loss in his accounts. Basically,…
Read this Before You Buy Emerging Market Stocks
We Fall to the Level of Our Training “We don’t rise to our level of our expectations. We fall to the level of our training.” Do you know the actual definition of “expectation? According to a Google search with 82,900,000 results – expectation is a strongly held belief about the future. I’ve found that people…
The Most Crowded Trade In History
On June 26th 2014, West Texas Intermediate Crude (US Oil) was standing at $106.89 a barrel, just barley down from its life time high of $110.84. At the exact same time with oil prices hovering around $107 the biggest long position in history in oil was in play. And it wasn’t a long position…
What Is Going On With Oil…?
The direction of oil over the next three weeks will shape the allocation of 100’s of billions of dollars. You might want to make sure your money is properly aligned with what’s taking shape. One of the questions you want to ask yourself is, is your money aligned with the market? Get this question…
Is China Finally A Buy?
After more than seven years of underperforming the S&P500 is it finally time to put your money into China? If you listen to the billion dollar “pick-of-the-month” newsletter industry, it’s close to a backup the truck type of situation. So, is it? Is it all hype and “ad-men” copy getting your dopamine levels to skyrocket?…
This Trend Is A Bad Sign For Bonds…
The bond market has been in a bull market for 35 years! That means [almost] everyone’s broker or adviser has been espousing advice of owning bonds during the largest and longest bull market ever in bonds. So, what happens when bonds end their 35-year bull market? What happens to all of those portfolios that “balanced” or “blended”?…
Is Inflation Back?
It seems that talk of inflation is all over the airwaves these days… But is it for real? And if so does it even matter? Join me this weekend where I take a deep dive into all things inflation. AND if we are entering an inflationary cycle… 1) Who will it hurt most? 2) Who…
The Next Great Depression is Coming
Your Brain is Being High Jacked More than anything else our thoughts determine our investment outcome. A person’s return in the market is nothing more or less than a reflection of what they believe. We know the history of the markets. We know that over a long period of time the stock market goes up…
The Stock Market Always Makes Sense
What Kids Can’t Tolerate I know you might be thinking, “What do kids have to do with the stock market or your financial future?” Sit tight and bare with me for a minute. There are two things that kids can’t tolerate: 1. Not knowing the rules and 2. Not feeling a sense of belonging. If…
