Risk management is a topic we hear a lot about when it comes to investing. Its popularity tends to ebb and flow based on recent market performance. This seems intuitive to me because when the risk we're trying to manage doesn't occur, risk management often looks like...
Last night, I drafted my fantasy baseball team. This can only mean one thing: MLB Opening Day is upon us. One thing I don't have to worry about, that real baseball managers must consider, is filling out a lineup card. Is it too much pressure to hit the rookie leadoff?...
I apologize for my lack of 'Top Links' so far this week. I have been under the weather with these strange shifts in temperature here in New Jersey. In my absence, however, I was able to stock pile a handful of really amazing articles. Take a look! Here's what I've...
An exchange I had with Ben Carlson on Twitter last week sets the table to share the most important investing lesson I learned in 2015: @awealthofcs one of the biggest things I've learned from your writing and @michaelbatnick's is that all of those work in their own...
We've gained an outstanding education on relative strength investing from our friends at Dorsey Wright and Associates. Between their Point and Figure Institutes and daily research, they've taught us an incredible amount about the markets. One of the biggest tools they...
When it comes to defining conservative investing, one of the most important questions that needs to be answered is, "What do you want to get out of your investments?". To put it plainly, what's the plan for this money in the future? This is so critical because most of...
What is a conservative investor? It depends on who you're asking. There seems to be a difference between what investment advisors and brokers believe is a conservative investor and what investors believe being conservative means. There are three basic types of...
There are some glaring problems with the traditional asset allocation model that investors should be aware of. Financial planners and stock brokers are big advocates of the traditional asset allocation model. Typically they will display the model to clients on a pie...
If you've worked with a broker or financial planner before, then you've most likely been subjected to their pie-charts. Asset allocation models have been displayed in this pie-chart format for a long time now. Tom and Brendan discuss these pie-charts in this week's...
