A Wealth of Common Sense

As a torchbearer for long-term investing I’ve heard the phrase now show Japan about a million times. Those three words were one of the biggest inspirations for me writing Risk & Reward. How could you possibly invest for the long-run in stocks when a situation like Japan exists? It’s a fair question. Japan is the subject that has come up the most times in all of the...

I love this scene from Succession1: Subscribe to The Compound so you never miss an episode. Further Reading: Picking the Losers it Easier Than Picking the Winners in the Stock Market Now here’s what I’ve been reading lately: Financial independence vs. retirement (Whitecoat Investor) Face it: You’re a crazy person (Experimental History) A bull market in nostalgia (Chart Kid Mat...

We also discussed stock market concentration, the two biggest market risks right now, earnings growth and where the fast money will go next. Further Reading: How Do You Invest During a Bubble? The post Investing in the Boom Times appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense. ...

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There are certain financial scripts ingrained in our culture when it comes to real estate. A house is your biggest investment. Renting is throwing away your money to pay someone else’s mortgage. Housing prices always go up. When you retire it’s time to downsize and move to the beach or golf course. Rules of thumb are meant to be broken. Here’s a recent story from The Wall Street...