Four years ago, I wrote about something called the Family Office Strategy: basically, how to invest like you’re managing a university endowment or a billionaire’s money, even if you’re decidedly not a billionaire. The principles I outlined then still hold up. What’s been fascinating to watch is how the stock Read more
I like David Dredge’s metaphor of a portfolio like a racing car: you do not need to reduce cruise speed when you have brakes. The 60/40 is a car moving always at the same speed, the one that would keep it on the track even on the nastiest turns (what Read more
There are two categories of people in the world: the ones that love Packy McCormick and the ones that do not know Packy. Howard Marks (I think) said that good stock traders are optimist while good bond traders are pessimist. I happened to to be a bond trader as part Read more