Andy's Two Cents

Notes and thoughts from our director.

The Retirement Rip-Off

Are you currently working for an employer that offers a 401k plan to you and co-workers? Let me start off by saying that 401k plans, at least on paper, can be a fair deal. It allows you to automatically pull money each paycheck and deposit into a tax-deferred account that will hopefully grow for decades […]

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Dividends: The Yield Trade Off

Dividend cash is sent to the shareholder, this is called “mailbox money”. Companies that have a dividend payout have little to no growth. Companies that have high dividend yields typically have high debt. In the last 80 years (William O’Neil study), you missed out on the best stocks if all you cared about was a […]

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Going from Ape to Human

Were you aware that the legendary Warren Buffett may not be in a position of substantial wealth and influence had it not been for his friend and business partner Charlie Munger? Throughout Warren’s younger professional life as an investor he studied the teachings of the king of value investing and the author of The Intelligent Investor, Benjamin Graham. Graham’s value […]

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What is a Secular Bull Market?

To our firm it is “Nirvana”. A secular bull market happened from 1945-1965 then from 1974- 2000. The market moves in an upward trend anywhere from 10 to 25 years. Along the way there will be corrections and bubbles, but they do not necessarily cause an end to the bull market. There are also secular bear markets. The term […]

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Who is the Ideal Client?

Years of experience in the ever-changing landscape of the stock market has taught us many lessons, but one of the top lessons learned is the one about staying power. There are no “risk-free” strategies out there, so your best bet is to buckle down with an advisor you trust and let him or her do […]

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Is there an Ideal Investment?

All investors are looking for the permanent perfect investment, but if it existed everyone would want a piece of the action. There is nothing wrong with this desire, but as far as my experience goes, the total ideal “investment” is non-existent. Markets do quite a bit of rotating based on many underlying variables, so succeeding […]

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Why do people so commonly see the investing world so wrongly and become so error prone?

A big part is that our brains didn’t evolve to deal with ever changing landscapes of capital markets. Humans are intuitive thinkers, but markets are inherently counterintuitive. Common sense thinking is important in many aspects of life, but frequently hurts you big with investing. All humans have opinions, but this can be your greatest enemy […]

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