Years ago, Barry Ritholtz wrote an article about something he called “Competency Transference,” which is when someone successful in one field decides to give another field a try, but fails miserably. The most famous example is when Michael Jordan decided […]
Adam Koos, CFP®, CMT®
While we were all busy shopping for the holidays, spending time with our families, and enjoying our New Year’s celebrations (not to mention, implementing our 2020 resolutions), Congress slipped a bill under our noses that caused a boat load of […]
“If you mix your politics with your investment decisions, you’re making a big mistake.” ~ Warren Buffett Donna (my bride) and I took the boys to this virtual “drive-in movie” at the local rec center last night. They used […]
Last week, I went into a transparent, educational deep-dive on how to identify whether the market is in an uptrend or a downtrend. In this 3rd installment of NERDvember, I’m going to show you what the results of a trend-following […]
What is the “trend” and how do you determine if it’s up or down? That’s the topic for today’s NERDvember discussion. In short, there are many ways to define the prevailing trend in the stock market, so I’m going to […]
It’s “NERDvember” again, which means it’s time to write educational articles and updates on the market that cater to a relatively small percentage of our readers (15-20% at most, I’m guessing). So why am I doing it again this year? […]
While I travel to attend 2-3 large financial conferences every year, for the first time in many years, I participated in a local educational workshop for financial advisers, which was sponsored by a large, national financial company. This also made […]
On average, the market goes up three out of every four years. The “perma-bear” who consistently preaches doom and gloom is forgotten each day until he is right. Then they put him on the news and ask how he “called” […]
If we go back 20 months in time, the stock market is up only 3.5%. If you look back about a year ago, we’re only talking 1.5%. In other words, the good times we experienced in 2017 have been largely […]
The market goes up, on average, in 3-out-of-4 years. The “perma-bear” who consistently preaches of doom and gloom is forgotten each day until he is right, then they put him on the news and ask how he “called” the top […]
