Calculated Success

2014-09-12

Passive (buy-and-hold) investors have no way to profit from the boom-and-bust cycle caused by inflation. They simply ride the wave up and feel the full...

2014-08-27

Practicing acceptance about things we can’t control is healthy, but doing so about things we can control can be devastating. I’ve come to realize the...

2014-08-15

This blog post is the last in a 3-part series that focuses on the work Dr. Bryan Taylor, President and Chief Economist of Global Financial Data, and his...

2014-08-08

Last week we started a 3-part series that highlights the work of Dr. Bryan Taylor, President and Chief Economist of Global Financial Data, and his paper...

2014-07-31

I have the utmost respect for the work of Dr. Bryan Taylor, President and Chief Economist of Global Financial Data.  He has been a student of the market...

2014-07-24

Most alternative investments failed to provide investors with the protection they were seeking during the dotcom crash of 2000-2002 and the financial...

2014-06-27

In a recent white paper, Investing for Retirement: The Defined Contribution Challenge, Ben Inker and Martin Tarlie show that asking the right questions...

2014-06-19

William Benz of PIMCO published a good piece today where he emphasizes, as we have been for some time now, that investors should be taking advantage of...

2014-06-13

The 10-year outlook for stocks and bonds is bleak.  In fact, the expected return from a 60/40 stock/bond portfolio is about as low as it has ever been...

2014-06-04

Many investors are unaware that Gold has outperformed all the major asset classes except for Real Estate Investment Trusts over the last twenty years...