From the category archives:
If you’ve done any reading about investing, you know that stock market returns are unpredictable over short periods and predictable over long periods.
And you also know that–over long enough periods (however long those may be)–stocks outperform bonds.
However, until I started reading Jeremy Siegel’s Stocks for the Long Run, I’d never heard anyone make the case [...]
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Kalinda (my wife) recently started a cooking blog. What this means for me–aside from an abundance of delicious, homemade meals–is that I end up dicing/chopping vegetables most nights. A recent close call with a chef knife got me thinking.
A few observations about chef knives:
If used improperly, they’re dangerous.
If used for the wrong job, they’re dangerous.
When [...]
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Anybody who has ever seen a chart comparing long-term bond performance to long-term stock performance has seen that over the last century, stocks have outperformed bonds. And this is great news, because you and I both have been investing in stocks since the early 1900s, right?
What’s a little more relevant is the question [...]
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In a comment on yesterday’s post, Aaron asked what a person’s portfolio should look like as he approaches and enters retirement. The question of what percentage of your portfolio should be devoted to each class of investment is known as “asset allocation.”
The most common answer given to the asset allocation question is, unsurprisingly, ”It depends.”
My opinion [...]
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