Mansions Don’t Produce Much Alpha
I almost let an article about how great luxury real estate has performed sneak by without comment until I saw a dubious comparison to the...
Seattle Minimum Wage Experiment is Over
@TBPInvictus here: In light of a recent monthly release from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), time for a quick trip to the glorious...
“Popularism” as Farce
Popularism is slowly being revealed as a farce, a grift of the uneducated, low information voter, coopted to vote in many ways against...
Thanksgiving Retail Data Starts to Trickle in…
On Monday, I cast doubt on the many stories about how Black Friday retail sales were off to a disappointing start. This is an important...
Markets vs. Pundits (markets are winning!)
More great forecasts from the perma-doom crowd, via @JBoorman: click for ginormous graphic Source: @JBoorman
Tales of Black Friday’s Demise Have Been Greatly...
Nov. 25 marked Black Friday, which once was considered the beginning of the holiday shopping season, though the start these days is even...
Black Friday is a Comin’ !
It’s become a favorite holiday tradition around these parts: wait for the National Retail Federation annual holiday spending...
John Oliver on President-Elect Trump
Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States. How did we get to this point? And what do we do now? President-Elect...
Investors and Political Pundits Fooled by Randomness
Everyone Knew Trump Would Win All Along People fool themselves into thinking that things turned out just as they expected. But the world...
Picking Investments is Nothing Like Buying a New Car
This is a really interesting comparison to broad and diversified asset allocation investing: click for full graphic Source: Visual...