Tools to Enlighten
Everyone wants to lose weight. Can you feast and overindulge. Can the elderly still stay active? Here’s one way to do it. …from someone who is….let’s just say…older than 59…. A diet that is very easy to understand. It allows for an indulgent “feast” day. But one must be willing to fast as well. Moderate Read More …
[Book Reviews/Analysis.] Dostoevsky’s classic novel,”The Brothers Kazamarov”, really goes to heart of what this website is about. Faith versus reason. Ancient assumptions, articles of faith, (and sometimes prejudicial ones at that) versus what can be discerned through rational, objective and scientific analysis based on an objective determination of the facts. In contrast to the often Read More …
[Analysis.] A quick review of the first half of the year 2018. We provide an assessment of the stock market. We touch on the recent Supreme Court union dues case (Janus), we note the relevance of Rao’s Solution and, ever mindful of the need for “balance” we address our personal health and do….ahem….72 pushups….yes Read More …
Thought maybe some fun was in order, especially for singers and those who fancy maybe someday buying their own karaoke system. But this was work, and a learning experience. So I did a video. (Also this will help for those who ever have to set up and take this down….and get confused…could happen!) Profound Read More …
[Opinion/Analysis. ] Here’s a video containing a short discussion about the stock market, interest rates and Bitcoin as of Martin Luther King day in January 2018. As always we believe in a long term diversified approach to investing. Trying to time the market or pick individual stocks is probably not the best idea if Read More …
Please see the basic, hopefully educational video by David Dixon Lentz (or, as he prefers just David Lentz) above. It is intended to accurately convey information and/or theories which, we believe are either readily accepted as being valid by accredited colleges and universities and/or have an objective rational basis that justifies further investigation by those Read More …
What is all this talk about backing out of trade deals? Are trade deals and free trade good or bad? What about long term trade deficits? Will they ultimately destroy the US Economy? Does free trade contribute to a widening wage and wealth gap? Who is the World Trade Organization and is it ultimately beneficial Read More …
Here’s our updated (new) video on the fundamental relationship between foreign currency exchange rates (the strength of the dollar) and interest rates both here in the U.S. and around the world. Expected inflation rates play a major part. The effects on exports and imports and even on GDP and jobs are obvious. DDL
[N]ew and improved video on buying and selling stocks. It would apply to any common stock whether listed on publicly-traded NYSE-Euronext Group, the Nasdaq part of the publicly-traded NASDAQ-OMX Group or elsewhere (or whether it is unlisted for that matter). This one deals with how to calculate a stock’s intrinsic value. One then compares the intrinsic value as calculated to the actual stock price. If the intrinsic value is greater than the current stock price the investor buys. If the intrinsic value is less than the current stock price then one sells the stock. Read More …
A discussion of the Efficient Market Hypothesis. Generally speaking, many (perhaps most) respected academics believe that the stock market and the direction of individual stock prices is so difficult to predict that unless one has (often illegal) insider information, that the most educated and skilled investor cannot beat the returns that an amateur rookie would receive on his investments if the amateur randomly selected stocks knowing nothing at all. Read More …