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Finance and Our Feelings – A Three Step Plan to Avoid Bad Decisions

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Introduction: It’s normal to experience negative emotions when our portfolio isn’t doing well. Many people think professional investors don’t experience the same feelings that amateurs do. I can assure you that for the vast majority of us, that isn’t true. Losing money is horrible. When my portfolio isn’t doing well, I often feel awful. That’s … Read more

November CPI is 2.7%

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 Overview: Today, we got the November Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.7% for the last year. There was no October report due to the government shutdown so there will be no monthly comparisons in this piece. The annual number is down 0.3% from the September report and 0.4% below … Read more

Thanksgiving Thoughts

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Hi All, I’m currently in Jerusalem and spent the afternoon at the Israel Museum where they have the Dead Sea scrolls. One of the scrolls written/copied 2,000 years ago is entirely dedicated to gratitude. I suspect that most successful nations, religions, and cultures make a place for expressing gratitude. In my opinion, our American version … Read more

The Decoupling Issue

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This week’s 5 Things issue is now publicly available: https://deepknowledgeinvesting.com/5-things-to-know-in-investing-this-week-the-decoupling-issue/

An Adventure Part 2 – On the Train

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Last week, I let you know I rented out my house in Connecticut and was going to spend a year working from all over the world. Whenever I told people about my plans, everyone’s first question was about where I was going to go. My first thought was about who I was going to see, … Read more

Tariffs – What if Everyone is Wrong?

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Introduction: I watched President Trump’s tariff press conference yesterday. When the Wall Street Journal reported that the tariff level would be only 10%, the equity indexes traded up about 2% in the aftermarket. Then, the President pulled out charts that showed that in addition to the 10% baseline tariff, there would be additional reciprocal tariffs … Read more

December CPI Rises to 2.9%

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Overview:                   Today, we got the December Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 2.9% for the last year and 0.4% for the month (annualizes to 4.9%). That’s above last month’s 2.7% and above the prior month’s 2.6%. It was in-line with expectations. The Core CPI which excludes food and energy was … Read more

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