The following first appeared on Money & Markets. Today, we’re going to take a look at a company that has seemed to permeate every aspect of modern life: social media darling Facebook (FB), the owner of the Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp apps, among others. 2020 has been an epic year for technology and social media...Read More

I’ve been writing a lot about Warren Buffett these days. Perhaps I’m looking for a little sanity in a world that seems to have gone insane. The Oracle is certainly one to put things in perspective. But adding to that long list insanity, last week Elon Musk passed Warren Buffett on the list of the...Read More

I wrote a few months ago that the 60/40 portfolio is dead. “Dead” might have been a little harsh, but with bond yields as low as they are today and stocks close to hitting new all-time highs, a portfolio that is invested 60% in stocks and 40% in bonds isn’t likely to generate the kind of returns we’ve...Read More

This first appeared on Money & Markets. Retiring is a little like having children. If you wait for the right time, it will never happen. I say this as I have two children of my own with a third on the way shortly. The middle of a pandemic-related recession isn’t an ideal time to be...Read More

I mentioned earlier this week that Warren Buffett was on the hunt for investments again, dropping $10 billion on Dominion Energy’s pipeline assets. Well, Mr. Buffett was in the news again. MarketWatch reported he had fully 43% in a single stock — Apple (AAPL). There are a couple of caveats. To start, we’re talking about Berkshire...Read More

Well, it finally happened. Warren Buffett put some of his massive cash hoard to work. He spent nearly $10 billion buying Dominion Energy’s natural gas pipelines and storage assets. Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett’s holding company, agreed to a $4 billion purchase of Dominion’s natural gas assets. It took on another $5.7 billion in the company’s debt....Read More

Comedian and newspaper columnist Will Rogers had the stock market figured out a century ago: “If it don’t go up, don’t buy it.” Alas, not every stock is a winner. Some are going to bomb on you, and knowing when to take a loss on stocks is a critically important part of investing. Take a look...Read More

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. For the first time in my investing career, I’m aggressively adding gold to my portfolio. I’m not betting the farm on it, and I still have most of my cash in stock and options trading strategies. But in today’s macro climate, I think it only makes sense...Read More

The following first appeared on Money & Markets. It’s rough out there. With much of America still closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the unemployment rate is the highest it’s been since the Great Depression. But even many Americans that still have jobs are seeing pay and benefit cuts. 401k matching is often one of...Read More

The following first appeared on Money & Markets. I don’t normally like to hear the word “halving” associated with one of my investments. If your investment gets halved, you had better hope that there was a stock split. Otherwise, something went terribly wrong. Of course, “halving” means something very different for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. In case you...Read More