Sitemap - 2024 - Wealth of Optimism

Happy New Year

2025 Price Targets

15 Things I’ve Learned in the Last 15 Years

Preparing For the Drawdowns

Giving Thanks & Decreasing Costs

When Price Detaches from Reality

This Is Not Investing

Trading the Election Outcome

The Election & Your Investments

Psychology Of Investing

Stories and Stocks Values

Most Companies Are Bad Investments

Knowing the Future Isn’t Enough

The Problem With Interest Rate Predictions

The Hard Part is Staying Still

When Sequence of Returns Matter

Costs Are Relative

Jim Rogers & The Only Way to Make Money Off Pessimism (Updated for 2024)

The Tradeoffs Between Risk & Return

Waiting For the Right President

Stock Market Declines Are Normal

The Math of Bond Returns

The Power of Sentiment

When Things Don’t Go as Planned

The Problem with Individual Stocks

Timing Trend Reversals

A Story About Forecasting

Institutions Are Often Late

Is International Exposure Still Useful?

Disclaimer

Election Years & Stock Losses

When Will Home Prices Go Down?

Investing Shouldn’t Be This Exciting

The Problem with Economic Forecasts

Visualizing Asset Class Returns

Humanity’s Capacity for Progress

Different Companies, Different Ratios

Dividends vs. Inflation

The Temptation to Abandon Bonds for Cash

Overcoming Pessimism

Chasing Returns & The Destruction of Wealth

Warren Buffett’s Annual Note to Shareholders

We All Have Different Incentives

Recovering From Stock Declines

When Someone Says the S&P is Overvalued

Investment Strategies: Why We Aren’t Loading Up on CDs

The Dividend Fallacy in Retirement

Presentation Recap: Retirement Income 2024

Looking Back and Ahead

Predictions For 2024