Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | Dec. 2, 2016 11:43 am ET When markets go way up, your enthusiasm should go down. But there may still be at least a little opportunity in small stocks, which remain less expensive than their bigger brethren. In today’s market, with stocks teetering near all-time records, being a little less overpriced than...
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By Jason Zweig | Dec. 4, 2016 1:07 pm ET Image credit: Irving J. Zweig (right), in 1961, with sons Stefan (left) and Jason (center) My father, Irving Zweig, was a farmer, a teacher, a war hero, a historian and political scientist, a newspaper editor and publisher, a semi-pro baseball player, and a connoisseur of art and antiques. He could recite...
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Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | Nov. 25, 2016 9:44 am ET After what for many has been a grim and stressful year, investors shouldn’t let Thanksgiving weekend pass without making sure to count their blessings. Begin by closing your eyes, thinking of this year’s economic and political news, and then guessing how the U.S. stock market has...
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By Jason Zweig | Nov. 27, 2016 1:07 pm ET Image credit: George De La Tour, “The Cheat with the Ace of Clubs,” Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth (Wikimedia Commons) Here’s a piece on luck I wrote in 2003, in which I argued that being lucky is, at least in part, a skill. I’m not sure I still agree with all of it (especially the section...
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By Jason Zweig | Nov. 12, 2016 9:07 pm ET Image credit: Arthur Boyd, “Nebuchadnezzar on Fire Falling Over a Waterfall” (1966-1968), Art Gallery of New South Wales Here is another of the early articles I wrote (in June 2002) on the perennial tragedy of investors underperforming their investments. A decade later, some investors seem to be slowly...
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