Do the markets scare you right now? Photo: Pxfuel. CC0. Watching the market gyrate as we digest results from the economy, surging Covid-19 cases, the election, corporate layoffs, racial tensions, economic stimulus, and you-name-it can be exhausting. Where do you start; where do you finish? Every [...]
This is, for many, their favorite time of the year. Photo: Chris Whiton. Source: White Mountain Images. Used by permission. Sunny days and crisp nights make autumn a lovely season. In New England, even rainy days in the valleys can lead to snowy summits set above [...]
You know the story: Photo: Debaird. Source: Flikr. CC BY-SA 2.0 A grand prize is hidden behind doors number one, two, or three. Pick the right door, and you’re rich. Pick the wrong door, and you get the booby prize: a goat, or a llama, or [...]
“The plan is nothing. Planning is everything.” Macbeth and the Three Witches. Painting: Thomas Barker. Source: Folger Library It’s an old Army expression, often attributed to Dwight Eisenhower. In an emergency, he went on, the first thing to do is to “take all the plans off [...]
How do alternative investments help us invest? “Jackalope” Postcard from 1968. Source: Legends of America The purpose of investing is help us reach our financial goals. The disclosures tell us that “all investments carry risk,” and that’s true. We diversify our portfolios to reduce that risk. [...]
