On October 15th, I officially declared the Relentless Bid era over (see There She Goes, My Beautiful World). It wasn’t a bold call, markets had been acting differently since at least last August. Selloffs were occurring with more frequency and less stocks were rising as we made subsequent new highs. The days of “just buy…
‘Fantastic Four’ Trailer Hits!
Better luck this time, the last go-round with this franchise was unwatchable. Fox owns the rights still, just as they do for the X-Men movies. Their deal with Marvel predates its acquisition by Disney. The movie comes in August, which is a strange time to release a summer tentpole film, but perhaps they’re taking advantage…
a moment of clarity
Cartoon by Tim Eagan, The Press Democrat
The Riskalayze Report: Advisors sell EM, buy Chevron
My friends at Riskalyze share the stocks and funds that advisors all over the country have used in their clients’ accounts each week*. This data has been aggregated from across the client accounts of the thousands of advisors who use the software. Most of it comes directly through the third-party custodians where advisors’ assets are held. I hope we…
Clips from Today’s Halftime Report
QOTD: Is Fundamental Indexing Passive or Active?
Rob Arnott is the father of fundamental indexing, in many ways (at least a courtroom said so not long ago), so it is interesting to hear this take on how even a passive market index, at its core, is also being active in relation to the economy. I’m inclined to agree – there isn’t anything…
Hot Links: Question Your Purpose
What I’m reading this morning
flight to safety
Cartoon by Harley Schwadron
Have no fear of robots
You were looking for something more in-depth perhaps? It is unnecessary. All you need to know about where we’ll fit in with our technological future is here in this modern-day zen kōan. *** This coming week, I am speaking on a panel this week to almost 2000 financial advisors about how we built our robo-advisor, Liftoff,…
This Week on TRB
Cartoon by Scott Stantis, Chicago Tribune These were the most read posts on TRB this week, in case you missed them:
