by Brian Jacobs | Aug 1, 2025 | Blog, Investment Concepts
Bloomberg’s latest piece on the housing market (“U.S. Real Estate Market: High Prices, Mortgage Rates Hamper Spring Home Selling”) captured the state of the housing market well: prices are high, mortgage rates are punishing, and activity is stuck. Similar headlines...
by Brian Jacobs | Jun 10, 2025 | Blog, Investment Concepts
In the world of options trading, the term “zero-cost collar” often suggests a strategy that offers downside protection without any costs to the investor. However, while the strategy may not require an upfront payment, it is not without an implicit cost…...
by JD Gardner | Feb 5, 2025 | Market Updates
You can let fear keep you out of risk assets (stocks), a lot of people do, but they are going higher with or without you. The show will go on. It must. There will be ups and downs as there always are, but the pickle the Fed and our government find themselves in is...
by John Archbold | Jan 30, 2025 | Blog, Investment Concepts
Speedman: In a weird way, I had to sort of just free myself up to believe that it was okay to be stupid or dumb. Lazarus: To be a moron. Speedman: Yeah. Lazarus: To be moronical. Speedman: Exactly, to be a moron. Lazarus: An imbecile. Speedman: Yeah. Lazarus: Like the...
