Needle in the Haystack Pop quiz! Question 1: Do stocks outperform one-month US Treasury Bills? Question 2: Are individual stocks likely to outperform one-month US Treasury Bills? You might say, Craig, those two questions are asking the same thing! And
Simplistic, Complex or Elegant Simplicity The world is a highly complex place. The interconnected, multifaceted world that we inhabit is both dumbfounding and inspiring at the same time. If you have a moment to read Leonard E. Read’s short essay
A Lesson of History – Don’t Fall Victim to A Classic Blunder! As the year marches on, I’m up to Book Number 24. It happens to be Will Durant’s The Reformation: The Story of Civilization Part VI. The book, originally
Confidence! Confidence is often our best friend in competition, sports, or being a businessman. When can confidence be a problem? When we’re investing! If our confidence in investing is centered on markets, this is troublesome. We will surely lose if
Let’s enjoy the holiday season! Many people can only find joy by giving. Of course, some people think that the only joy they can find is from receiving! I believe joy comes from confidence. Confidence in our plan. Confidence in
Who will win in your life? Will you become a statistic that the majority of people in the richest country in the world retire with less than $50,000 in the bank? Success…… is that created from emotion. When we are emotional
It is interesting where you learn something. I was sitting in a meeting, bored, tired and only half listening when the speaker said how the word ought is the most useless word in the English language. That got my mind
The world is made up of decisions. When we wake, what we eat, how we spend our time…everything is a decision. How do we make decisions? Are they thoughtful and planned or made reactively based on instinct, feelings, and bad
It’s that time of year again. When we focus on doing something in the short-term in hopes it will make a significant difference in the long-term. What are your New Year’s resolutions? For many of us it’s to lose