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Are Stocks at Risk From the Bitcoin Bubble?

On February 6, 2018 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
Digital and Cryptocurrency Concept. Golden Bitcoin. 3d Rendering

It’s springtime, and something fanciful is in the air.  I’m not referring to the romantic ardor thought to revive along with the flowers on the hillside. Rather, there have been multiple sightings of what investment pundits call bubbles, or asset prices that appear to be floating on air.

Such sightings are usually cause for [...]

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Short-Term Outlook Harms Stockholders and Companies Alike

On September 30, 2015 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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Since the 1960s, the average stock holding period of U.S. investors has shrunk from six years to six months. More than two-thirds of equity-market turnover now is conducted by traders holding shares for a few seconds. Yet for investors, the pursuit of instant gratification can be expensive and counterproductive.

It turns out that “short-termism” [...]

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Staying Comfortable in Retirement Will Require Continued Investing

On June 30, 2015 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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Becoming a better investor has arguably never been more important to your financial future than in the post-crisis economy of the early 21st century.

It is not only that stretched valuations in domestic asset markets imply somewhat lower overall returns in coming years. Or that the “new normal” of slower economic growth will translate [...]

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Getting the Most for Your Education Dollar

On May 4, 2015 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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For many families, it’s the biggest investment they’ll ever make. Yet despite its weightiness, the value of the investment itself can’t be tracked in the daily newspapers or on a yearly property tax bill from the local assessor’s office. Still, the decision of where — and whether — to send kids to college [...]

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Share Buybacks: Trick or Treat

On January 13, 2015 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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Here’s a simple math problem. Let’s assume that that the top number of a fraction (the numerator, which in this case we’ll say represents a company’s profits) is 3. And we’ll pretend the bottom number (the denominator, which in this example represents the number of shares outstanding), is 4. By dividing the earnings by [...]

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For Economic Data Questions, Just Ask Fred

On November 24, 2014 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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You really should get to know Fred. Or, more precisely, FRED, an acronym for Federal Reserve Economic Data, a free data aggregation website compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.

Even if it does nothing else particularly well, the U.S. government keeps very, very fine records. FRED aggregates more than [...]

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Narrowing the Class Chasm

On May 13, 2013 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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For something that impacts virtually every aspect of every American life, it’s surprising how little many of us know and think about capitalism.

Do not, however, count Jerry Z. Muller among the uninformed. Muller is a professor of history at The Catholic University of America and has written extensively about the system of production [...]

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Choosing an ‘Optimal’ Retirement Age

On January 14, 2013 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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The Italians have a phrase for it that sounds as lyrical as what it depicts: “La dolce far niente,” or the sweetness of doing nothing.

Ah, retirement. Regardless of what surveys say about how most Americans are satisfied in their jobs, it’s a good bet that many would ditch the work-a-day world in a [...]

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An Education in QE 3

On October 22, 2012 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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About a year after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (then a Fed governor) described what the government might do to prevent Japanese-style deflation if falling prices became a threat in the United States. Referencing earlier comments from economist Milton Friedman, Bernanke said the Fed could [...]

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Niceness Pays

On September 17, 2012 By Thomas D. Saler, Contributor, BetterInvesting Magazine
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Every week, or so it seems, another company is implicated in some manner of illegal or unethical activity. Though the global credit crunch put bankers squarely in the legal crosshairs, questionable business practices are hardly the sole domain of the moneychangers. Think Enron, WorldCom and Arthur Andersen — and consider the devastating impact of [...]

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