Waiting For the Coast to Clear on Inflation

by financinginsider.com | Jul 19, 2024 | Latest News

The Fed will likely begin cutting interest rates in the months ahead, for good reason. Last week felt like a victory against high inflation: We’ve now had no price increases on the overall inflation rate for two months.1 Some pundits still aren’t so sure it’s time to...

The Best Investment I Ever Made (the Pros & Cons of Owning a Vacation Home)

by financinginsider.com | Jul 18, 2024 | Latest News

A reader asks: As someone that spends too much time thinking about buying a lake house, I would love to hear your thoughts. The argument that you will feel tied down and obligated to go to the lake house at the expense of other travel worries me. A few weeks ago I...

Animal Spirits: Fast Food Inflation

by financinginsider.com | Jul 17, 2024 | Latest News

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Irregular Roundup, 15th July 2024

by financinginsider.com | Jul 15, 2024 | Latest News

We begin today’s Irregular Roundup with chilling. Chill not FIRE When I started this blog almost ten years ago, one of the 7 Circles after which it was named was “FIRE and Frugal”. The FIRE movement wasn’t very well known at that point, but by now I would expect that...

Talk Your Book: Trend Following with Eric Crittenden

by financinginsider.com | Jul 15, 2024 | Latest News

Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by Standpoint Asset Management: On today’s show, we spoke with Eric Crittenden, CIO of Standpoint Asset Management to discuss trend following and all-weather portfolios. See here for the Content Library and here for...

A Balanced Portfolio Always Comes with Regrets

by financinginsider.com | Jul 14, 2024 | Latest News

Here’s a scenario I was presented with recently: Five years ago, a relatively conservative investor was sitting on some cash and seeking a more balanced portfolio. To keep things simple, this investor split the difference between stocks and bonds by allocating 50% to...