October 2012

Unemployment Rate by Age

Are the mall jobs back? Can 16-17 year olds once again find gainful employment in the United States? if so, what are the ramifications for the cottage industry of Call Me Maybe parody videos? I don’t know… But let’s go to the charts though and see what the data said about US unemployment by age,…

If

If If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or,…

Good Vibrations

There’s a truism as old as time (or at least as old as the business of Other Peoples Money) and it concerns the benevolent effect produced by up-markets: Financial advisors love them more than anyone else. This is the case for the following three reasons: 1. Billing off a higher base: Most advisors and money…

ALL YOUR INVESTING RULES CONTRADICT EACH OTHER

I admit, I’m a junkie for the vast library of Wall Street pearls of wisdom we’ve accumulated over the years, I know them and frequently quote them all. If you don’t have the master list, it’s over at Barry’s site, btw.  But the problem is knowing when which one applies when and recognizing that they…