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Iran, Oil, and Your Portfolio

Iran, Oil, and Your Portfolio

Financial markets have always had a flair for drama. Just when things start to feel calm, something arrives to test our nerves—and lately, headlines surrounding conflict with Iran and rising oil prices have understandably unsettled some investors. Oil, it seems, is...

Nobel and Vegas – Perspective on Risk and Return

Nobel and Vegas – Perspective on Risk and Return

The financial media loves market volatility. Exaggerated ups and downs mean higher ratings driven by unwitting investors tuning into expert after expert seeking portfolio advice from magazines and television. During bear markets there prevails such a sense of media-fueled negativity that investors may begin to feel that investing is akin to gambling.