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What A Urinal Ad Can Teach Us About Unconstrained Bond Funds

  It has to be the best urinal ad- ever. Right above the urinal a movie theater bathroom, in red letters “Flat rate divorce services”. The ad had a nice picture of an office and the attorney’s phone and email address. Talk about a captive audience- really sort of brilliant. You’re a guy, you’re absolutely […]

What Oil Price Swings Can Teach Us About Investment Sectors

Investors have seen almost historic price swings in the markets. As of January 13, 2016, the Standard and Poor’s (S&P) 500 index is down over 7.5% for the year. One big impact on the market is the decline in the price of oil. Oil prices have declined by more than 60 percent since June of […]

What Ben Franklin Can Teach Us About Millennial Investors

The experiences of many millennials make them highly skeptical about investing and taking risk. This group may face large student loan debt. They’ve seen the dot-com bubble burst after the 1990s, and they’ve watched the financial meltdown of ’08-’09. Their experiences have aligned many of them with the investing philosophy of Ben Franklin. Maybe we can […]