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I write a lot about bear markets. Here’s a random assortment of my greatest hits in recent years: I focus on corrections, bear markets, and crashes…

The season 3 finale of Lost was one of the most mind-blowing episodes of television I’ve ever watched. It completely broke the mold of the show…

A reader asks: On this week’s show you discussed lifestyle creep and that one way to mitigate it is by maintaining or increasing your savings rate.…

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It feels like we’re in a weird place from the perspective of the economy and financial assets. Housing prices seem too high. Consumer prices seem too…

Posted April 29, 2024 by sean Today’s Talk Your Book is sponsored by SpiderRock Advisors: On today’s show, we spoke with Eric Metz, President and Chief…

A colleague recently asked me to run the 30 year annual returns for U.S. stocks, bonds and cash. He just wanted the returns. I couldn’t help…

Here’s the lede from a Bloomberg article about rich people trying to avoid taxes in New York City: At New Jersey’s Teterboro and Long Island’s Islip…

A reader asks: I don’t work in finance but I know enough math to get me into trouble (I’m an engineer). All else equal, a higher…