Archive for December, 2008
Fighting The Herd Mentality
We’ve recently come to recognize the herd mentality that’s been corralling the minds of retail investors and how this has led to a ‘bubble’ in U.S. Treasuries. This phenomenon reflects the extreme risk aversion that’s moving the markets these days and how people are more focused on return of investment than return on investment. Even [...]
Where Are The Bargains This Holiday Season?
Saving money around the holiday season is a very common theme this year and retailers are doing their best to entice consumers to open their wallets with sales and discounts that many thought we would never see. Many, if not all, online stores are offering free shipping and the savings on non-essential items like video [...]
Invest Now When The Odds Are In Your Favor
As an investor, you come up with an overall approach to meet your objectives and then bring in the stocks, bond, real estate etc. to your portfolio to execute the plan. Of course you expect that there will be frustrations along the way – just like we can’t control the weather, we can’t control the [...]
