And now it's time to tighten my belt. We just returned from summer vacation. We ate cheese and meat, drank wine and shopped. And so...

Last weekend, I cleaned out my son’s bedroom, reviewed Nerdwallet articles, and did normal mom organizing and planning stuff. Meanwhile,...

In 2003, I was in the right seat at the right time. China was aggressively building out its infrastructure. Everything that China was...

Making money on money can be both sexy and dirty. You remember the show. Filthy-rich Darling family sucks in Nick George to be their...

Why is it so much easier to be negative? Living in: - SF during the Dotcom bubble (2001 - NYC during the Great Financial Crisis bubble...

It was painful to have worked and lived in so many different bubbles: - Worked in SF during the dot.com bubble burst. - Worked in NYC...

3 things you can do to fix it. 2 years ago we were all shocked by the exponential growth of COVID-19. We were also shocked by the...

We love routine. We can control our schedule, plot the path we take each day, avoid any major decision. There is cool wind in our hair. ...

My 3 reasons why listening can make you money. As a teenager growing up in L.A. with my single mother, I had no choice but to be...

There’s an old Wall Street adage: You are only as good as your last trade 📈 💲. Put another way: “What have you done for me lately?”...

At year-end. When I worked at an equity long-short hedge fund in New York City, all of us portfolio managers were seated and clustered...

Back when my father was about to retire in 2008 and the great financial crisis was unfolding, it was a very scary time for everyone....

But the Walt Disney Company has been through some tough ups and downs. When CEO Bob Iger mentioned just a “modest” subscriber reduction...

When I think about any good happy ending in a movie, the hero gets the boy (or girl) or saves the earth from mass destruction. When it...

Thank you #NerdWallet and Chris Davis for referencing my thoughts on #inflation and how to position a portfolio. Don't let #fear control...

A weak jobs report erased some worry about inflation last week, and the market rallied. Variations on that headline are constantly...

I’ve had a lot of discussions with potential clients who are sitting in all cash. Some sold off their investments before the election,...

Have you ever found yourself in a crowded New York subway and you don’t know which way to go? What do you do? Ask someone for directions?...

There's a huge tug of war going on in the market. Yesterday the market was signaling that the economy is ready to take off after...

Daily COVID cases have seen a Rapid Decline from their January peak. At the same time the pace of vaccinations has picked up with the...