Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman stated simply, “The Black Swan changed my view of how the world works” (Kahneman, 2011). On…
Finance
The AIs Have It: The Grim Future of Investing
In a recent Twitter thread started by the venerable Jim O’Shaughnessy (@jposhaughnessy), I said: If everyone were a rational long…
Demystifying Market Corrections
When the market starts trending down, many investors tend to panic. They see volatility as dangerous and formulate a belief…
Demystifying Market Sectors
With all of the hoopla over various stock indices, it is sometimes easy to forget that the stock market is…
Demystifying Price Targets
One of the most important predictors of short-term stock prices is the backing of market analysts in the form of…
Demystifying the Financials Sector
Stock market analysts often worry about market volatility, which is jargon for a rapid cycling of upward and downward trends…
Demystifying the Oil and Gas Sector
As with most of the industries and sectors that stock investors may seek to invest in, the oil and gas…
Demystifying “You Can’t Beat the Market”
As you know, economists are scientific types that study how money flows and grows. They study many different aspects of…
What’s Wrong with My Savings Account?
For the sake of argument, let’s say you have $1000 in your bank savings account. Let’s further assume that your…
Securities to Buy Ahead of an Economic Downturn
A growing list of prestigious individuals and financial houses are telling investors that a downturn is coming. The market is…