A billion dollars sure isn’t what it used to be, and the difference is more than just how money gets devalued by inflation. A billion in stock is nothing like a billion in cash. 2018 was not a banner year for stocks by any means, even though U.S. stock markets didn’t really have all that […]

With so many major stories in the news that could potentially affect stock markets, investors are showing at least a little reluctance to propel our market surge further. It’s not that stock markets can’t manage uncertainty, and managing uncertainty is actually their fundamental function, to take all the incomplete knowledge that we have about the […]

Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are meeting once again to discuss de-escalating the conflict between their two countries. Many do not expect much progress but a little is enough. Given the longstanding war between the United States and its allies, which is fast approaching its 70th year, and the almost complete lack of progress on […]

If you pay out more than you take in, eventually your funds will run out. While governments normally don’t work that way, certain things can, including Social Security. The fact that Social Security is in serious trouble longer-term is no secret, and is in fact well known to just about everyone. We have been talking […]

Many people worry about the rising home prices of today causing a bubble that is ready to burst. While there may indeed be trouble brewing, real concerns are still quite far off. There are many that are describing the current condition with the housing market a bubble, and perhaps an even bigger bubble than we […]

Uber, Lyft, Airbnb, and Pinterest are all scheduled to release their first stock to the public this year. As exciting as this might seem, we still need to exercise enough caution. Stocks that are either in the technology sector or related to technology comprise some of the hottest stocks out there these days. The technology […]

You can buy and sell a lot of things online these days, pretty much anything, but you can’t sell your house online, right? Zillow has allowed people to do this right now if they wish. When a company releases their quarterly earnings results, this often serves as a pivot point where we can get a […]

Home ownership is considered to be a significant part of the American dream, but more and more of us are being forced to give it up, even those who make a lot of money. Traditionally, lower income people have always represented the biggest percentage of renters, for a number of good reasons. While owning your […]

Even iconic investors make mistakes. Warren Buffett sure made one when he bought a quarter of Kraft Heinz. The damage is up to $14 billion and this may be far from over. Warren Buffett is without a doubt one of the most legendary investors of all time. Few investors can claim to be such a […]

Kraft Heinz had already seen the value of their shares drop by half over the past two years. Thursday’s earnings call poured gasoline on this fire, and things are really ablaze now. Kraft and Heinz used to be two separate American food companies that did battle with one another for almost 100 years. In 2012, […]