Jack Bogle died last week on January 16th. It was a shock to me. It shouldn’t have been, I suppose. He was 89 after all. Not to mention he had his first heart attack at age 31 and a heart transplant in 1996. But still, somehow we don’t expect greatness to pass before our very… [Continue Reading]
Happy Holidays! and a bit on Mr. Market
From my family to you and yours, wishing you a… Wonderful Holiday Season **************************************************** Meanwhile, Mr. Market… …seems not to be in the holiday spirit this year. Unless it is ghosts of corrections past. From a high of ~2941, the S&P 500 is down 474 points (as I write) for a 16% decline. Solidly in… [Continue Reading]
What we own and why we own it: 2018
So as not to keep you in suspense… 76% = VTSAX 23% = VBTLX The Total Bond Market Index Fund. 1% = Cash in VMMXX. A checking account at our local bank for ready cash and paying bills. Back in the day… Way back in June, 2011 I launched this blog. That month I put up 16 posts. Imagine…. [Continue Reading]
Tracking your holdings
Personal Capital If you have come here, read thru the Stock Series and decided the simple low-cost approach described makes sense, you are now faced with the problem of how do you get from where you are to where you want to be. That is, what do you do with all the investments you already have? How,… [Continue Reading]
An International Portfolio from The Escape Artist
The Escape Artist Regular readers know the story. This blog launched in 2011 at the suggestion of a business colleague of mine. I had shared with him letters and notes I had been writing to my daughter, mostly about money and investing. One of my core beliefs is that, in this complex world we have… [Continue Reading]
The Bond Experiment: Return to VBTLX
After a somewhat hidden ~7 year experiment with other bond funds, last week I returned our portfolio to VBTLX. Background Those of you who have read The Stock Series here on the blog, or my book The Simple Path to Wealth, know that I recommend two core funds: VTSAX — Total Stock Market Index Fund… [Continue Reading]
How to Invest in Bitcoin like Benjamin Graham
“On October 26, 2012 I bought 100 Bitcoins for $1017 USD. As of November 28th, 2017, they are worth almost exactly $1,000,000 USD.” Of late, I have been getting an increasing number of folks asking for my opinion on cryptocurrencies. The above line (cribbed and slightly modified from Lucas’ opening below) would be the ideal… [Continue Reading]
Sleeping soundly thru a market crash: The Wasting Asset Retirement Model
Back in July I found myself up in the far north of Maine looking out at the Atlantic Ocean. I was a guest of one A. Noonan Moose. Mr. Moose owns the beach house with this lovely view where we were guests and it is a far more impressive place than my little shack. The… [Continue Reading]
Time Machine and the future returns for stocks
These days the consensus view, looking out over the next few decades, seems to be we should expect more modest returns from stocks than we’ve enjoyed over the past few. They see factors forming that look to act as a drag on what we might otherwise historically expect. Indeed this is the opinion of my… [Continue Reading]
Sell! Sell!! Sell!!! Sell?
Based on some of the recent questions/comments here on the blog, it seems folks are getting ready to. I routinely get questions like “I have a lump sum to invest, but this market looks to me like it is about to crash. Should I wait?” Typically, I trot out my standard lecture about how market… [Continue Reading]
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