by Eric Courage | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Investment, Newsletter
This post was inspired by investors who tell me they use a newsletter to pick stocks, that diversification is for losers, and it’s easy to beat the market. Here’s a case study in what happens when you follow financial newsletters sent straight to your...
by Eric Courage | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Financial Planning, Investment
Years ago, a client sent me an e-mail. It simply stated: “Us down, the market up, why?” Why am I underperforming the ubiquitous “market”? I blame financial media. Fox. CNBC. MSNBC. Barron’s. Bloomberg. Money. Forbes. Dave Ramsey. Suze Orman. All of ‘em, for...
by Eric Courage | Oct 30, 2019 | Blog, Financial Planning, Investment
Is investing really all about timing? You wait for the right time: corrections, recessions, pull-backs, blow-ups, and inflection points. Then, BAM—you make hay, and get out. Do it again and again. That’s how investing works, right? Clichés like “time in...
by Eric Courage | Dec 23, 2018 | Blog, Investment
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by Eric Courage | Oct 28, 2018 | Blog, Investment
There would be this advantage in traveling in your own country, even in your own neighborhood, that you would be so thoroughly prepared to understand what you saw you would make fewer traveler’s mistakes. – Henry David Thoreau You think the...
by Eric Courage | Feb 22, 2018 | Blog, Investment
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