The sad case of postdictors (as opposed to predictors)

Blow up your TV; throw away your paper – John Prine, Spanish Pipedream Thanks to Nassim Taleb for coining the valuable word “postdictors” in his latest book, Anti-Fragile. This is one of the most useful words in explaining why we should all turn off our TVs and throw...

How we pick funds for your portfolio

When we believe active management is useful, we carefully select what investment vehicle to add to your portfolio. We use a tried and true methodology, called The Four P’s. By analyzing and reviewing managers based on these criteria, we try to ensure that we have you...

Choosing Investments

The first decision we have to make in building a portfolio is what to own. As we are not forecasters, the answer is……………everything(!), that is priced reasonably and has a good expected return on the investment over the next one to five years. The amounts of what to...

Building a Sturdy Portfolio

A well-built portfolio should have 3 legs to stand on, rather than just the traditional two. The improvement in stability and structure from adding a third “pillar” to a portfolio is obvious to all. Portfolio manager Rob Arnott, points out that the first two pillars...

What to do about Income Inequality

Income inequality is a huge problem and will even derail the “one per cent” over the long haul. Our economy is based upon mass consumption and if there are not enough consumers, then those at the top will tumble from lack of demand. I believe the solution is simple,...