Category Archive: 9a) Buy and Hold

(4/5/23) Markets sell-off, as predicted; Jobs data disappoints, with more to come from ADP & Labor Dept.: Could this be the first cracks in economic data? Market dichotomy of good performance with weak economic data. Are markets predicting a turn? Why are markets rallying on hopes of a Fed pivot (and what such pivot would indicate about the economy)? Markets are resting on support, retesting the 50-DMA. Why do majority of Gen-Z get their news...

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27:54 -(4-1-23) Long term Care is a hot topic, with lots of twists and turns. This is The One Topic about which we regularly receive lots of questions. Danny and Rich go through the basics and some of the details about Long Term Care costs, coverages, and concerns. 0:00 - Intro/Disclaimer/Agenda 2:12 - What is Long Term Care? 3:20 - What Qualifies as Long Term Care? 5:48 - Long Term Care Realities 9:10 - RIA's Financial Guardrails for LTC 14:14 -...

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(4/4/23) The Credit Suisse shareholders' meeting is not likely to be a fun one. Markets are showing signs of exhaustion; there's nothing much standing in the way (do far) of markets achieving 4,200, despite contrary economic conditions. Markets have continued to establish higher lows since October. What to do when Climate Activists break-in to your house. Opposing market views & psychological biases. How personal biases affect investment...

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(4/3/23) April marks the launch of another earnings season cycle and the start of Q2 with a decidedly positive market bias. OPEC+ production cuts hikes oil to $80bbl, fueling more inflation = more Fed rate hikes. Analysts are now expecting Q1 to have been the trough, q2 to show economic improvement: Not good for the Fed, creating a battle between what the Fed wants and what the markets are thinking. It's important to note the significance of oil...

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(3/31/23) April Fools' realities and cartoon disclaimers: the stupidity risk in the banking sector when the government backstops everything: the markets have essentially been socialized. How long before the Fed pivot; inflation is here to stay. There's a difference between retirement care and long term care; retirees are getting younger: 55 is the new 40. American preparedness for retirement is bleak; more than half are under-prepared. How we got...

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(3/30/23) "Don't take a headline and that point say, 'Oh, I've gotta get out of the Dollar now because the Dollar is going to Hell in a handbasket because France is doing this deal with China and the Yuan.' Sure, will the Dollar eventually lose its currency reserve status? Possibly, one day, maybe. I'm not saying it can't happen. The question you've gotta ask yourself is, 'Does the world want to trade with China and the Yuan?' You've got to...

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(3/29/23) "Kids are awesome between the ages of zero and ten...(yeah)...they are awesome kids; you get to play with them, Legos', I mean, you name it...I love kids zero to ten. Ten, Eleven, somewhere in there, to about Nineteen, they're a pain in the ass. They know everything. Everytime I say something to my daughter, "I know." She knows everything. She is the smartest person...if you want to know anything, ask my daughter, 'cause...

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