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Weekly Market Pulse: Regrets

By |2022-08-15T08:51:05-04:00August 15th, 2022|Alhambra Portfolios, Bonds, Commodities, Currencies, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Real Estate, Stocks|

Over the last few months, as the outlook for the economy turned more sour, I've used these weekly commentaries to warn you not to get too negative. Long-term investors need to have a strategy they can stick with no matter what happens, a strategy that keeps them on an even keel. If you were so nervous that you sold out [...]

Questions

By |2017-08-04T11:01:34-04:00August 4th, 2017|Markets|

Why do the teachers unions oppose school choice? School choice and vouchers should be a positive change for teachers. They would have more choices of where to work and how to teach. They'd have more opportunities to experiment with different teaching methods. They could explore different compensation methods, potentially making more than they do now. Are the teachers unions being run [...]

Bear Out On A Limb

By |2013-07-29T11:13:18-04:00July 28th, 2013|Bonds, Economy, Federal Reserve/Monetary Policy, Markets, Stocks, Taxes/Fiscal Policy|

Like most investors, investment advisers are a consensus seeking lot. Most of them are not willing or psychologically able to do anything that is outside the accepted current trend. That doesn't make them evil or dishonest or anything else bad; it just makes them human. It is always hard to stick out from the crowd when the consequences of doing [...]

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