Image Credit: Pixabay By Jason Zweig | Jan. 26, 2018 11:58 am ET Retiree Tom Miller was recently talking with his friend Aaron Chow about an investment Mr. Miller had made in Rich Uncles Real Estate Investment Trust I, a property fund whose shares don’t trade publicly. Yes, it’s called “Rich Uncles.” Mr. Chow studied its website, read every...
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Image credit: Godfrey Kneller, “Sir Isaac Newton” (1702), National Portrait Gallery By Jason Zweig | Jan. 23, 2018 10:14 am ET In a column in November, “Isaac Newton Learned About Financial Gravity the Hard Way,” I looked at a new study of the investing career of the great physicist. The great scientist was a...
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Posted by jasonzweig on Jan. 22, 2018 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured | Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | Jan. 19, 2018 9:47 am ET With U.S. stocks at all-time highs, it’s more important than ever that investors be brutally realistic about future returns. Some of the most purportedly sophisticated investors in the...
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Image credit: Detail, Decretals of Gregory IX (France, ca. 1275-1325), Royal 10 E IV, f157, British Library By Jason Zweig | Jan. 18, 2018 6:07 pm ET How can value investors, who seek to buy stocks at depressed prices, prevail in a financial world dominated by market-matching index funds? That’s the main question posed by Seth...
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Posted by jasonzweig on Jan. 15, 2018 in Articles & Advice, Blog, Columns, Featured | Image Credit: Christophe Vorlet By Jason Zweig | Jan. 12, 2018 9:49 am ET Imagine losing 80% or more while, all around you, investors are basking in the glory of one of the biggest bull markets in history. Imagine racking up year after year of losses while...
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