– And by lately, I mean the past several years or more. The value of the S&P 500 index of stocks, where most of us hopefully have a good chunk of our retirement savings stashed into index funds, is up about fifty seven percent in just the past two years. And it has more than … Read more
If there’s one thing I don’t recommend, it’s buying stock on margin. Due to the volatility of stocks and high margin interest rates, borrowing money to buy stocks is a bad idea. Conversely, I’m not opposed to buying a home on margin, namely through a mortgage, if buying follows a homebuying guideline like the 30/30/3 … Read more
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In 2022, it was a bad year for the markets. At the time I wrote about how it was maybe one of the worst years ever when you consider bonds had a bear market at the same time as stocks. Last year I wrote about how 2023 was a good year which was nice because sometimes … Read more