The headlines have a strangely unreal ring about them these days. The Federal Reserve’s easy money policy is either about to end or last for years more, housing is in recovery or it’s … Read more →

Retirement savers have a lot on their plate these days. A long, slow recovery is making it harder to believe in stocks even as they hit new highs. Meanwhile, bond … Read more →

Americans have long known that medical care is much, much cheaper abroad. What they didn’t know until recently is that the same procedure at one hospital can cost a fraction … Read more →

It will be May soon, so you know what that means: An avalanche of articles with titles like the one above. So, does the theory hold water? First, here’s how … Read more →

We have some fairly high expectations of the products we buy. For instance, we expect toys not to injure our children. We eat in public places and expect to avoid … Read more →

You don’t need to understand your investments. At first blush, that sounds like a terrible thing to say, doesn’t it? It certainly is the opposite of common sense from a … Read more →

Imagine you seek a stock market indicator and you hear three relatively well-known people share their opinions on investing, all within the same week or so. They don’t know each other, … Read more →

What is the proper mix of investments? If you ask the market timers, it’s whatever is out of favor. Buy what nobody wants. Sell what others can’t buy fast enough. Sounds … Read more →

If you follow the chatter around the markets these days, it’s pretty hard to avoid the theme of the “great rotation.” In a nutshell, market pundits believe that retail investors … Read more →

One of the most enduring notions people have about stocks these days seems to be that the market can’t be trusted. Partly, the media is to blame. Along with the standard … Read more →