There’s an old Arab saying: “If a camel gets his nose in the tent, his body will soon follow.” It’s a great, funny metaphor. You can picture the curious nose of the camel poking in, then the neck and, before long, all the rest of it. In English we would say “Give them an inch and… Continue reading →

Whatever you think of Donald Trump the presidential candidate, Donald Trump the TV personality or Donald Trump the businessman, there’s little doubt he is rich — private-jet-and-helicopter rich. A lot of smart people have tried to nail down exactly how rich. The consensus seems to be somewhere between almost $3 billion (the estimate from Bloomberg News)… Continue reading →

Does $17 billion sound like a lot of money to you? It should. That’s how much in profits Wall Street stands to lose if a proposed rule in Washington is enacted. All that has to happen to stop the rule…is nothing. The defenders of the status quo need only drag their feet hard enough. If… Continue reading →

You’ve probably seen the many glib online articles which purport to explain how billionaire investor Warren Buffett became one of the world’s richest men. You know, “three stocks Buffett loves” and so on. It’s not that simple and you know it. While Buffett’s methods are public knowledge, adopting his approach to investing is no walk… Continue reading →

Investment risk has changed dramatically in the past few years, so much so you might not even recognize the risks implied by owning a “standard” stock-and-bond portfolio, warns Burton Malkiel, the Princeton professor who wrote the investing classic A Random Walk Down Wall Street. Malkiel literally wrote the book on long-term stock investments. Random Walk is in its… Continue reading →

Managing Director, Mitch Tuchman explains why retirement investing is so emotional. Continue reading →

When is a stock correction good news? Almost always — if you’re a long-term investor, says John Bogle. The Vanguard Group founder offers this simple advice for anyone thinking of selling as stocks declined earlier this week: Don’t fall for it. “I’ve seen turbulence in the market,” he told CNBC. “This is not real turbulence.” That doesn’t mean… Continue reading →

If you haven’t been following the debate on Capitol Hill over the cost of retirement investing, well, I don’t blame you. It’s a dense topic and not top of mind for most folks as summer winds down and back-to-school begins. Yet you should be paying attention: If Wall Street prevails in its campaign to water down proposed… Continue reading →

Mitch Tuchman, Managing Director, explains why it takes a very special person to work at Rebalance. Continue reading →