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Inflation or Not?
Read more: Inflation or Not?From pooches to second-hand cars, to homes in regional areas, to ground beef in the supermarket. Everyone has a story about how their money is buying less. Eight years ago, you could get this good girl delivered to your front for $1300. Today, or more precisely back in January, she went for $7990, and you had to front for delivery. While that’s a jump over 8 years, a good part of it has occurred recently. The pandemic had a spike of people wanting dogs. Breeders can only supply so many dogs, so they had the luxury of pricing according to…
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The Lies of Melissa Caddick
Read more: The Lies of Melissa CaddickFeet. They have been washing up on the coast of the Pacific Northwest of North America intermittently since 2007. The foot, due to the weakness of the ankle, is the body part most likely to detach during decomposition. When said foot is inside a running shoe, it’s more likely to be buoyant. Depending on the currents and tides, it will eventually find itself washing ashore somewhere as a grim discovery for a local beachcomber. Much has been made of this phenomenon, but there’s no foul play involved. The departed, who once wore the boots and running shoes washing ashore on…
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The Value Dilemma
Read more: The Value DilemmaEvery investor will face a conundrum at some point: what to do when their beliefs don’t work. Sometimes it’s an assumption that becomes lore. A favoured company paid a dividend for 20 straight years. Of course, it’s not going to ever stop paying a dividend… then it stops paying a dividend. A dagger to the heart! An outrage, there were plans for that money! An assumption gone wrong. Yet of all the things that can go wrong with an individual share holding, it’s probably a minor one. Sometimes it’s evidence. Academic research has shown certain companies have historically compensated investors…
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Old & New, Slow & Fast
Read more: Old & New, Slow & FastLast week we took a look at how someone might mistake their knowledge, expertise or success in one area for giving them some insight into investing or investment markets. While someone can be brilliant or knowledgeable in their field, it’s not exactly translatable. No one should ever make the mistake of believing their brilliance in one area will equal brilliance elsewhere. Caveat. We don’t want to suggest anyone should shut their mouth and blindly swallow what we, or anyone else who works in the financial world says. If you’re confused or don’t understand something, always ask for details or clarification.…
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Rebalancing and Self-Control
Read more: Rebalancing and Self-ControlBalance, and finding balance. It evokes pictures of rocks stacked upon each other at the beach. It’s something of an ongoing search for time crunched people. How they can bring balance to various aspects of their lives? There are endless self-help books and articles to read about it, but plenty are still aggrieved about their lack of balance. But surely balance is a choice? If you had the extra drink or the extra bowl of ice cream. If you signed up for the new car or bigger mortgage. They’re all commitments that might result in feelings you don’t want later.…
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