Archive for January, 2010

Court Jester

Vindication ? :-)

The Wall Street Journal

Announces

The Worst Decade For Stocks EVER!

“The U.S. stock market is wrapping up what is likely to be its worst decade ever.

In nearly 200 years of recorded stock-market history, no calendar decade has seen such a dismal performance as the 2000s.

Investors would have been better off investing in pretty much anything else, from bonds to gold or even just stuffing money under a mattress. Since the end of 1999, stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange have lost an average of 0.5% a year thanks to the twin bear markets this decade.”  TOM LAURICELLA WSJ digital December 20,2009.

I started aggressively moving clients out of Stocks and into T-Bills during the 2000-2001 market blow-off and then again in late 2007.

This appeared foolish to my clients, family and friends many times during the last nine years.

But my evolving MDD 4

Asset Allocation Model

has kept my client’s investments and retirement plan assets SAFE.

BUT NOW

Danger Will Robinson II

“Danger Will Robinson, Danger!”

The Worst Is Yet To Come!

So Stay Tuned.

Remember Gentle Reader – the best strategy is still:

Save Often and Invest Well mrs

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Ludwig von Mises
  • Bad Monetary Policy Is Redundant September 3, 2010
    The Austrian theory of the trade cycle explains why the Fed's below-market interest rates invariably lead to a correction known as the bust. The theory is not new. Why has it been so out of favor with most economists? […]
    George F. Smith
  • The Milgram Experiment September 3, 2010
    If the learner made an error, the teacher would administer an electric shock to the learner by remote control, pressing a button on a control console. Each electric shock administered would be stronger than the one before. […]
    Jeff Riggenbach
  • If a Pure Market Economy Is So Good, Why Doesn't It Exist? September 3, 2010
    By eliminating the analytical straightjacket imposed by neoclassical economics, economists could have a lot more to offer about how to improve the world. They would start thinking about changing preferences, not just incentives. […]
    Edward Stringham
  • Sir Thomas Smith: Mercantilist for Sound Money September 2, 2010
    Rothbard shows that Gresham's law was introduced not by Sir Thomas Gresham but by the "arrogant, boorish, and feisty" Sir Thomas Smith the Elder (1513–1577), a bitter critic of debasement who was exiled from the court in 1549. He fought back with a book. […]
    Murray N. Rothbard
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