All-Time High Retirement
The year was 2007. Bob had been with the same company for 30 years. He had diligently saved throughout his career, paid off his house,…
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Recession Signals that are Flashing Red
“There are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen.” – Uday Kotak, founder of Kotak Mahindra Bank The gap between how people are feeling about the economy and what’s happening is bigger than the Grand Canyon. The soft...
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Fool Me Once, Fool Me A Billion Times
“You don’t have to be the biggest to beat the biggest.” – Ross Perot Raymond owns a small independent advisory firm (RIA) in the Portland…
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The Fed’s About-Face
Just a year ago, the consensus was for the Federal Reserve to methodically increase interest rates to “normal” levels. As of this writing (7/9/2019), the…
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The Most Interesting Charts in the World
Our inbox is bursting with mid-year reviews, commentary, and predictions for the rest of the year. The blitz of content ranges from thought provoking to…
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The Unspoken Costs of a Doomsdayer
My Uncle Joe is absolutely convinced the market is going to crash. He’ll seek me out at family gatherings and say things like; “Washington is…
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Fee Schedule Trickery
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein The further removed we get from the traditional wealth management machine, the…
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Should You Only Own U.S. Stocks?
Many U.S. based investors believe so. In the investment universe, “Home Bias” is a term used to describe the tendency to own a heavy allocation…
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Citywire Q&A with Nik Schuurmans
Pure Portfolios was recently featured in Citywire’s RIA “My Model Portfolio” series that ran in May’s print version and is live online (soft wall). Citywire…
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So Much for Rising Rates
The cycle ended with hardly a peep, but it looks like the Fed is done increasing rates. Source: YCharts The above graph shows the initial…
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