Are low oil prices good for the economy? This week, West Texas Intermediate and Brent Oil are both trading at about $30 a barrel. There are a lot of commentators out there who make the claim that the low price of oil acts very much like a tax cut. The question of the day is, really, is that the case?

January 2016 looks like it’s turning into the worst start of the year for stocks ever — for as long as we have records. What does this mean for the rest of 2016?

It’s 2016—election year. Who’s going to win the presidential election? A more relevant question may be, will it impact the markets and your investments?

There’s an old Chinese curse: ‘May you live in interesting times.’ Unfortunately, the times are REALLY interesting. So, I thought I’d take the opportunity to bring you up to date on some of the ‘interesting’ things we see, what we’re thinking about…

Like all the children from Lake Wobegon, I am sure all my readers are above-average investors. But I am also sure you have friends who are not, so in this letter we will look at the reasons why they fail at investing, and how they should analyze funds and determine risk.

The WSJ recently had a wonderful letter by Jason Zweig, from which I’d like to quote extensively: When you bought into the gospel of “stocks for the long run,” did you have any idea how long the long run can turn out to be?