Oprah to Your Portfolio’s Rescue?
January is a month full of hope for dieters but, as the year rolls by, our resolutions tend to fall by the wayside. Gyms know this, which is why they get so many new members around now and why it’s so difficult to cancel memberships. WW, formerly known as Weight Watchers, doesn’t make it as… Continue reading Oprah to Your Portfolio’s Rescue?
YOLO, but Be Careful Out There
The rallying cries of the boldest meme stock and crypto traders are YOLO and BTFD – you only live once and buy the f*cking dip. Sure, fine, but here’s an old school Wall Street concept that traders who feel like they are reinventing the wheel should consider. Actually it’s originally an idea applied to gambling,… Continue reading YOLO, but Be Careful Out There
Does Your Index Fund Have “Diamond Hands?”
Anybody who has read my first book knows that I take a mostly dim view of active management. Still, this week I wrote about an episode central to my upcoming book that proves an exception: how active managers handled meme stocks. When the market values of GameStop, and AMC went up several hundred or thousand… Continue reading Does Your Index Fund Have “Diamond Hands?”
Spinoffs: GE, Johnson & Johnson
I wrote this past week about corporate spinoffs, which are all the rage these days. In a spinoff, a company takes a division or two and hands it to its shareholders, creating a brand new public company. The new company usually doesn’t fit in with its new owners, which can be a very good thing… Continue reading Spinoffs: GE, Johnson & Johnson
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Spencer Jakab 