Bonds are not as bad as they seem I see a lot of social media posts that say bonds are drags on accounts and will only lose value over the next decade or so. It’s true that we have been in a long term bull market for the last 40 Read more…
Most investors tend to exhibit certain trends when they invest and one of the most observable ones is home country bias. Home country bias is when an investor is over exposed to domestic equities in their investment portfolios. Let’s look at how this happens, the pros, cons, and how to Read more…
Across this website, I’ve urged people to use diversification in their asset allocations, explained why diversification is a free lunch, and why you should have international diversification. But fortunately, there’s a few really easy ways to get all the diversification you could need in your investment portfolio as there’s a Read more…
Asset allocation is perhaps one of the most important concepts investors and financially savvy people can know. You should be asking yourself, two questions. One, how old you are? Two, what your risk tolerance is? And you should be asking yourself these questions when you first create a portfolio for Read more…
The two easiest and most commonly recommended portfolios for investors and newbies are the two and three fund portfolios. These are among the lowest cost and simplest broad market portfolios that you could own. The two-fund portfolio is by far the easiest (it could even be one fund depending upon Read more…