People are super excited about the emergence of AI. Excited – but not always in a good way. The news is full of headlines saying that most knowledge work will not exist in a couple of years, and even robots are coming for traditional jobs like drivers and factory workers. So what is safe? I…
I used to say, there was so much money in the world searching for a place to invest, that we may have entered an era where stock market crashes are over in a few weeks. We’re so conditioned to “buy the dip” and “buy when there’s blood in the streets”, that many people run toward…
At the end of last year, I set some goals for 2025. They were: So how can I track my progress towards those goals? ChatGPT gives me the following things I should have as a dashboard: What is my YTD Return? 6.76% so far in 2025. What is YTD Inflation? Inflation in the US is…
I saw a video today that shows why things can continue the way they have been. It’s a bit long, but worth watching a bit of it. The basic concepts are that you can’t predict the future. And what happened in the past (including this year), cannot be used to predict the future. Most of…
It’s impossible to predict the future, especially the stock market. Even when the economy is bad, the stock market can do well. And it can certainly over-react to news at any time. And recover faster than anyone expected. So this is all speculation and there’s no way to predict the future. But let’s examine one…
I saw an interesting chart today. The conclusion can be that investing in stocks, while riskier, averages out to a higher return in the end. And thus, it’s pointless to invest in fixed income products. If you can survive without the money invested in your account for, 10 years say, you are always better off…
I’m not celebrating the market going down. This type of drop still hurts. I’m still mostly invested in the market, and if I look at the amount my portfolio is down just today, it hurts. I’m thankful I went to more cash a couple of days ago. #Gratitude I think the market still has a…
I don’t know if this is a Canadian invention, but there is a type of investment mutual fund called a split share corp. The basic idea is that the investment fund raises money by selling to the public two classes of shares with different rights: For instance, in one example below, the common stock was…
Before today, my investment mix was: I didn’t get into individual stocks the way that I thought I might. I got distracted by options. So, I am effectively playing with Paypal and Alibaba right now before settling down again and getting into stable long-term stocks. But based on my insights from the other day, where…
This is a dividend blog, and I am biased toward dividend-paying companies. Dividend-paying companies are generally mature, have lots of free cash flow, and prioritize the investor over the company’s management. No, they are not focused on taking “moonshots” to invent new products and break into new markets, but they are responsibly run cash machines….
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