Optimism watch: "Could Bear Talk Be a Contrary Signal?"
“Doing the reverse of the crowd has often worked well,” as New York Times columnist Floyd Norris points out in “Could Bear Talk Be a Contrary Signal?“ So the fact that consumers feel unusually gloomy about the stock market, according to the Conference Board’s latest consumer confidence report, may bode well for stocks. More than […]
Warren Buffett on compliance officer
This is a great quote from Warren Buffett. Everyone must be his own compliance officer. That means everything you do can be put on the front page of the newspaper, and there will be nothing that cannot stand up to scrutiny. Jim Ware of Focus Consulting Group cited this quote in his talk on ethics […]
Wealth managers should specialize by affinity, NOT demographics
“In my opinion, a successful segmentation will be less demographically driven (e.g., net worth or income striations) and more affinity driven (tapping into a deep pool of investors who share a common passion — auto racing, yachting, the arts, religion, and so on).” writes Scott Welch of Fortigent, LLC in “Differentiating When Consulting to the […]
Optimism watch: The case for maximum pessimism
Is the stock market getting you down? I’m starting an “Optimism watch” on this blog. In “Optimism watch” posts, I’ll highlight the case that other writers make for you and your clients to hang in there. Let’s start with a quote from “Nowhere to Hide: Foreign Funds are Falling, Too,” from Morningstar’s Bridget Hughes. …before […]
"Can not" vs. "cannot"
Which is right? “Can not” or “cannot”? Habit tells me “cannot,” but I can’t find this peculiar spelling in the index of any of my style guides. However, Wikipedia gives me this quote, in which I’ve added the bolding to “cannot”: In this regard, the following quotation from The Chicago Manual of Style deserves notice: […]