Investment Options That Can Provide Diversification and Yield in a Low Interest Environment Have you met stock investors’ new girlfriend TINA? She is the belle of the ball—an alluring and popular guest. Who is she? Her name is an acronym for “There Is No...
To be a great investor you must think in terms of probabilities. Do not attempt to predict the future. Pundits predict, and when they fail, they say, “Well, that is because XYZ happened and who could have predicted XYZ?” The problem is that their punditry costs you...
Imagine that you live in a village a long time ago where you work together to farm and make things to help the community survive and thrive. Unfortunately, outside the village there are some very bad “wolves” that can attack and wreak havoc. There are guards placed...
Great children’s stories often teach lessons about our world that can help their readers for a lifetime. The basic truths they teach often apply to investing. In Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Emperor has No Clothes,” a vain king is tricked into believing he is...
If someone had given you $1 million to invest in 1970, then told you that the global population of 3.7 billion would double over the next 50 years, what would you have invested in? At the time, many would have gone for commodities. More people means more food, more...
At FourThought Private Wealth we have four main investing principals. First, we acknowledge that we are not gods and thus cannot predict the future. This speaks to the necessary humility that is required in investing and life planning. We are not in control and need...
Two days ago, on June 10 of this week, the Federal Reserve met and proclaimed their intentions: they plan to keep interest rates at or near zero for the foreseeable future. There will be little to no rate increase until at least 2022. And, according to Fed Chairman...