Worthy Insights / Opinion Pieces / Advice
A Teachable Moment – Rage Against The Fee Machine – Anthony Isola 11/27
CNBC – Chance of US stock market correction now at 70 percent: Vanguard Group – Eric Rosenbaum 11/27
- “Don’t panic, but there is now a 70% chance of a U.S. stock market correction, according to research conducted by fund giant Vanguard Group. There is always the risk of a correction in stocks, but the Vanguard research shows that the current probability is 30% higher than what has been typical over the past six decades.”
- “‘It’s about having reasonable expectations,’ Davis (Joe Davis, Vanguard chief economist) said of the research, which attempts to provide investors with a view of what can occur in the markets in the next five years. ‘Having a 10% negative return in the U.S. market in a calendar year [within a five-year forward period] has happened 40% of the time since 1960. That goes with the territory of being a stock investor.’ He added, ‘It’s unreasonable to expect rates of returns, which exceeded our own bullish forecast from 2010, to continue.'”
- “In its annual economic and investing outlook published last week, Vanguard told investors to expect no better than 4% to 6% returns from stocks in the next five years, its least bullish outlook since the post-financial crisis recovery began.”
- “For Vanguard the research is a chance to remind investors that overreaching is no better a solution for a lower-return environment than getting out of the market entirely. Davis worries some investors will hear ‘lower returns’ and view it as a catalyst to become more aggressive as a way to generate the returns they have been used to in recent years.”
- “As long as an investor is in a financial situation in which they can cope with a single down year, ‘you need to stay invested, because of lower expected returns,’ Davis said. But he added, ‘Don’t become overly aggressive. The next five years will be challenging, and investors need to have their eyes wide open.'”
Economist – A more perfect union – Leaders 11/23
- “Marriage is more rewarding – but also more upmarket. That is a problem.”
Economist – Teenagers are growing more anxious and depressed 11/23
- “Could they hold the culprit in their hands?”
FT – Made in China – the world energy market of the future – Nick Butler 11/26
FT – Let the 5G battles begin – Rana Foroohar 11/26
FT – HNA planned 2012 bond deal shows tolerance for expensive debt – Robert Smith 11/26
FT – Venezuela stakes claim as Schrodinger’s cat of the debt world – Jonathan Wheatley 11/27
Pragmatic Capitalism – How to Manage an Asset Price Mania (Like Bitcoin) – Cullen Roche 11/27
- “One of the main reasons why millions of people jump on investment manias and get crushed by them is because of a simple Fear Of Missing Out. Your co-worker made $10,000 investing in Fidget Spinners and now you feel like you weren’t enough of a dumbass with your dumbass money so you invest your dumbass money in something that is truly for dumbasses and you lose your (dumb) ass.”
The Registry – Murder on the Retail Express? – John McNellis 11/28
Markets / Economy
- I’m sure this number would be higher if people had heard of YouTube TV…
Tech
Bloomberg Quint – SoftBank Is Said to Seek Uber Stock at $48 Billion Valuation – Eric Newcomer 11/28
Middle East
FT – Saudi crown prince pledges to rid world of Islamist terror – Simeon Kerr 11/26
- “Saudi Arabia’s crown prince has pledged to rid the world of Islamist terrorism as he launched a military alliance that critics fear will deepen rifts between the kingdom and its arch-rival Iran.”
- “Prince Mohammed has vowed to restore moderate Islam in the kingdom, where puritanical strains of the faith that encouraged violence have been promoted for decades. The launch of the alliance follows Friday’s jihadist attack on a mosque in Egypt that left more than 300 people dead. ‘The greatest danger of extremist terrorism is in distorting the reputation of our tolerant religion,’ the prince said.”