Where Does Our Blog Content Come From? Last week at lunch… Our friend: “No, I don’t read your blog.” John: “C’mon, you should. We write it ourselves.” Our friend: “I didn’t know you write it yourselves. Well I’ll read it now.” *Chuckle* While there’s plenty of quality ghost-written material out there, we decided from the start that we wanted to convey our own thoughts, ideas and concepts in our own words. We write as if we’re talking with you, our clients. No sales, no (OK, extremely little) self-promotion…just what we believe you need to know to be better investors. And …
Chart: Where All the World’s Money Is
This is cool. Seriously. There’s a lot of money out there – more than you’ve ever imagined. Where the money resides, and in what proportions, is fascinating. We think you’ll agree more the further you scroll down. We can thank the creative people at Visual Capitalist for recently assembling this chart. Click here for the original link. Enjoy, John & Bill
2017: Year in Review
Another Record, But This Time a Good One In 2016, a record was set: worst start to a year, ever. Although a recovery came quickly, it was no fun while it lasted. In 2017, another record was set: all twelve months saw a positive return. Far more palatable. Never before had this happened, though we’ve been close in years past. But this time, even the bad months were good enough to stay positive, and cement 2017’s place in history. The worst month was August, with a return as low as a tenth of a percent. August was followed by the …