Only six months ago, when the full force of the pandemic hit the U.S., there was an unspoken agreement that we would all learn to cope, cheerfully and creatively, with the drastic changes in our lives. So we cracked open bottle after bottle for happy hours via Zoom. We binge- watched Hulu and Netfli...
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The title of this week’s post has been borrowed from Nate Silver’s book of the same name. Silver has become a household name to anyone who follows elections and politics closely, which makes it more appropriate for today. Since he’s in the political sphere, you may have strong feelings, positi...
It feels like just yesterday that we restarted these weekly posts back in the initial days of the pandemic. Over that time my son has started attending kindergarten both virtually and now in person. My daughter has grown from “the cutest toddler in the world” to “the cutest toddler in the worl...
Do you know what your number is? I sound like an ad for the Sleep Number mattress, but what I mean is—do you know how much you need to accomplish your goals? Retirement, college funding, the flexibility to travel, etc.? In my experience, many have this number in their head—“I just need $1 mill...
I frequently try to hammer home the point that market timing and stock selection don’t work over the long-term. See past blog posts here, here, and here. The majority of positive market returns come in short bursts… Figure 1: Performance of the S&P 500 Index from 1990-2019 and in a sma...
How can such a small, three-lettered word elicit such existential confusion, yet be one of the most important questions you ask yourself? That word, of course, is “why.” We’re accustomed to asking others this question, but when was the last time you asked yourself “Why?”...
There’s plenty of versions of the old axiom that “we must live in the present” and I have always found comfort and joy in that simplicity, even if I am guilty of not always adhering to the philosophy. But the comfort and joy I experience “living in the present” is dependent on it being a [...
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