My Comments: My awareness of and respect for Scott Minerd goes back decades. I recall him being the featured speaker at an investment seminar I attended in the late 1980’s. This was long before his current role as the Global Chief Investment Officer of Guggenheim. I’ve always found his comments to be both revealing and …
Continue reading Fed Aggressiveness Following Delayed Liftoff Sets Up 2023 Collision
My Comments: Apart for the different spelling of certain words, the following should encourage you to be very cautious about keeping your money in the “stock market” going forward. I’m less worried for those of you with a long-term time horizon of 15 - 20 years. Chances are you’re not about to become a retired …
Continue reading An Economist’s Warning for Stock Market Investors
My Comments: Virtually every employed person in the US has some expectation of getting older and having to survive on resources accumulated over the years. A great many of them have money accumulating in retirement accounts that to some extent depend on continued advances in the stock and bond markets. It’s very easy to go …
Continue reading 8 Facts You Need to Know About Stock Market Corrections
My Comments: Among my weekly reference points is this 1-Minute report that appears from time to time from Erik Conley on a website called Seeking Alpha. You normally need to be a subscriber to see it. That being said, here’s what I found this morning. If you want more than a quick summary, you may …
Continue reading The 1-Minute Market Report for February 4, 2022
My Comments: Here we are again with another flip-flop. By now you know I have absolutely no clue WHEN a crash will happen, just that it will. If you think what the writer below is saying is nonsense, that’s OK. It may be. On the other hand, I made a living for decades trying to …
Continue reading History Suggests a Stock Market Crash Is Likely
My Comments: Among the world of thought leaders I follow in the world of money, is a man by the name of James Dahle. He runs a site called The White Coat Investor. His primary audience is fellow physicians whose financial skills fall far behind their medical skills. Several times a week I get …
My Comments: The words below come from a group called Tactical Fund Advisors. I’m not promoting their use but given where the markets have come in the past decade, I think it’s prudent to think life will return to normal, a normal that includes market pull backs. It may not be a roaring crash, but …
Continue reading Nine Reasons to Expect a Market Pullback – And One Not-to-Worry
One of the best analogies I’ve seen used to describe what follows here is that it’s sometimes called the “Swiss Army Knife of Retirement Planning”. This resonates with me as I’ve had a real Swiss Army Knife for dozens of years. It has multiple uses which is why it’s often in my pocket. What follows …
Continue reading Is This Financial Tool the Best Idea Since Sliced Bread?
My Comments: After 45 years of playing whackamole with the stock and bond market, I've long concluded I have zero access to a crystal ball. That being said, I now rely heavily on those whose expertise far exceeds mine and are far more likely to be correct than I ever hoped to be. If you …
Continue reading We Are Now Officially In A Stock Market Bubble
My Comments: I've been accused by some readers as being completely out of touch with reality. It's largely because my experience with markets over the past 50 years suggest the market performance over the past 6 months is divorced from reality. Meanwhile the market keeps showing signs of both optimism until it isn't. In my …
Continue reading Why The Stock Market Is Poised To Disappoint For A Decade Or Longer
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