by taaginc | Jun 7, 2017 | Behavioral Investing, Investment Management
Our American society celebrates, appreciates and rewards the bold and visibly successful. President Trump rose from real estate developer’s son to reality television star to President, in no small part due to his outspoken personality and flamboyant lifestyle that...
by taaginc | Dec 21, 2016 | Financial Education, Investment Management
Why would I ever want to hold bonds in my portfolio? I’ve been asked that question many times over the last 28 years. Between June 2004 to December 2005, when the Federal Reserve raised the target rate 13 times in a row, resulting in lower bond prices. From 1995 to...
by taaginc | Nov 2, 2016 | Financial Education
(from Seth Godin’s blog dated 5/182016. Click here for the original post. Seth is the author of 18 books that have been bestsellers around the world. He writes about the post-industrial revolution, the way ideas spread, marketing, quitting, leadership and most of...
by taaginc | Oct 12, 2016 | Behavioral Investing
I hope by the time this blog goes out that the havoc caused by Hurricane Matthew will have begun to subside. As I’m writing this, there are still hundreds of thousands without power and many looking for rescue from flood water as high as 5 feet. As some cities begin...
by taaginc | Aug 3, 2016 | Behavioral Investing, Investment Management
(from Dimensional Fund Advisors’ Outside the Flags blog by Jim Parker dated 10/16/2015. Jim is a Vice President with DFA, leading the communications and marketing team in the firms’ Australian office.) Most of us have multiple roles—as business owners,...