by Susan Linkous | Mar 29, 2011 | Blog
You cannot stir things apart. This line comes from page 269 of James Gleick’s book The Information. I’m finding more and more examples in the investment world of just how true it is. You cannot stir things apart and you may not want to try. World news and...
by Susan Linkous | Mar 23, 2011 | Blog
Good Health comes from many sources and few things can get my clients to voice an opinion more easily than the state of health care in the United States. The concerns of investors about how the system is going to deal with increased demands and government involvement...
by Susan Linkous | Mar 17, 2011 | Blog
Burt White is the Chief Investment Officer at LPL Financial and the following excerpt is from his letter of today. To receive a complete version, please do not hesitate to ask. I wish to add only that, having been raised in a predominantly Japanese society, my heart...
by Susan Linkous | Mar 9, 2011 | Blog
Calculating Dividend Yields Recently, I have heard many people refer to the yields being paid on the stocks they own. It usually sounds like “I’m getting 6%” or “my stock pays 4”. I don’t usually hear any reference to the actual...
by Susan Linkous | Mar 2, 2011 | Blog
Inflation is a process. The process can move slow or fast and isn’t always as easy to identify as you may think. When the price level of goods and services rise and money is losing value, the process is alive. The rising gasoline prices of the past week are...
