I very much value scarce and unique investments. One of the first economic lessons we tend to learn as kids is that the more rare something is, the more it is worth. This is something you probably learned quickly if you ever collected or traded something like baseball cards when you were younger. These are…
Finding Long-Term Opportunities in the Short-Term Weakness
As I’ve commented on a few times this summer, rising interest rates and a flatter yield curve have been applying pressure on the economy. One area in particular that has seen a fairly strong slowing is the housing market, with home builders and related housing stocks down significantly from their highs earlier this year. I…
My Long Term View and How I’m Positioning Portfolios (Oct, 2015)
I’ll preface this post by saying that this is a long one (sorry about that) but it’s worth the time. To continue on the post from earlier this week where I mentioned that the best long-term investment opportunities typically come with short-term volatility, I’d like to outline my long-term view on how the world, global…