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…

Debate Stuff

I hope there’s nothing in the Mormon scriptures against kicking major ass because that’s exactly what Romney did last night. Even the Dems and independents had to give it up, that was total domination. CNN’s snap poll found that 67% of voters scored the debate a Romney win, no other candidate has ever scored about…