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Investing & Retirement
Should you be hand-picking stocks? Timing the market? Or taking the “lazy portfolio” way out?
Investing and Retirement are complicated and consequential topics. The articles below address these complex ideas.
I hope you enjoy them! And let me know what other questions you’d like me to dig into.
Roth is Better Than Traditional?
Readers had some awesome questions after my recent post about after-tax returns. Including, “So Roth is better than Traditional, right?”
Making 2022 Feel Much Better
If you started investing in the S&P 500 over the past 5 years, 2022 has erased all your gains. But here’s the good news.
How Do Taxes Affect Stock Returns?
Most sources do NOT account for taxes properly when estimating investment returns. Let’s fix that.
Is Investing a Zero-Sum Game?
“Jesse – when you zoom out on investing as a whole, isn’t it all zero-sum game? Can’t we only have winners when other people are losers?” Let’s dive in!
Nowhere to Hide: Why 2022 is a Uniquely Bad Investing Year
2022 is different – and worse – for investors than any year since 1950.
Omission, Commission: How Not Acting Can Cost You Millions
Does omission – the choice to *not* act – absolve us of responsibility? Historical investment performance says otherwise.
Rogue Waves, Rogue Markets
Until 1984, the sailing world dismissed the existence of “rogue waves.” Oops. It’s an interesting story, and relates to an important lesson about today’s stock market.
“Did I Make an Investing Mistake?”
A reader asks if their $18K investment was a total mistake.
Gardeners and Diners
This will piss off some advisors, but not everyone needs professional financial help. Here’s the analogy I use to explain it.