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How You Can Join the Ranks of the Part-Time Sober I decided to pursue a dry January. I’m sleeping and feeling better… why would I go…

Every year I update long-term return numbers for all of my various spreadsheets for charts, graphs, tables and such.1 From 1928-2024, the S&P 500 was up…

__________________ Whatever your age, if you seek financial independence, then there are three things you need: 1. Your independence number2. A resilient “all-weather” portfolio – what…

 A reader from down under asks: You guys have been talking a lot about US economic exceptionalism in recent years with the caveat that houses…

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I spent this past weekend doing what my family does most weekends — shuttling our kids around to their various games, practices and birthday parties. One…

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During the Gilded Age, the place to summer if you were a member of the elite class was Newport, Rhode Island. Rich people back then loved to…

Posted February 1, 2025 by Ben Carlson Five years removed from the onset of the pandemic, it’s interesting to reflect on the stuff that’s changed and…

Financial markets are always interesting in the information age because the narratives change even faster than Ali Larter’s mood swings at a family meal in Landman.1…