I know the stock market is fundamentally unpredictable ... but when this latest bear market started, I tried to model its course, and started shifting around my retirement funds accordingly -- although these shifts were small. I made my last shift back in November 2022 and then paused because I saw my model wasn't working. Stocks were bouncing back ( Read more... )

What is a normal stock market valuation? The 45 times earnings we saw in 2000, or the 5 times earnings we saw in 1920, or somewhere in between? Right now we are at about 30 ( Read more... )

Mark Snyder, the director of communications for the Equality Federation, a national advocacy group: “Businesses have been leading the fight for full equality over the last few years. LGBT people are part of the fabric of our nation. We have families, we go to work, we simply wish to be treated equally ( Read more... )