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Apr 16 2021
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Occam’s – How Are You Different From the Average Investor?

By Bob French, CFA | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

People are a lot like snowflakes. If you don’t look all that closely, we’re all roughly similar. But the closer you start looking, the more different we are. We all…

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Jan 15 2021
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Occam’s – Is the Value Premium Pining for the Fjords?

By Bob French, CFA | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

There’s no magic formula for investing. The financial markets seem to take some sort of cosmic joy in bringing people back down to Earth. And it’s value investing’s turn –…

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Oct 14 2020
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Occam’s – What Do Low Interest Rates Mean for Stock Returns?

By Bob French, CFA | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

Interest rates are one of the key tools that the Federal Reserve has to manage the economy. Changing how much it costs to borrow money (even if the Federal Reserve…

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Jan 14 2020
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Are Stocks Safer in the Long-Term?

By Bob French, CFA | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

When you’re investing, you need to focus on the long-term. This is one of those pieces of received wisdom that everyone has heard, and most people at least pretend to…

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Oct 11 2019
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How to Create Reliable Income Sources with Bond Ladders, SPIA’s and DIA’s

By Kyle Meyer | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

“You know…it is a lot different when you are actually retired.” The above quote from a recently retired client points to the challenges of retirement. The change from working and…

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Apr 11 2019
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Occam’s – Can TIPS Help You?

By Bob French, CFA | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

Inflation is one of the most serious risks that retirees face. While there are a lot of ways to mitigate inflation risk, TIPS, or Treasury Inflation Protected Securities, are one…

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Jan 11 2019
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Occam’s – Should You Try Timing to Avoid Bad Markets?

By Bob French, CFA | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

Everyone likes the markets when stocks are going up. We’re all getting the returns that we are “supposed” to be receiving for putting our money at risk. Naturally, we aren’t…

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Oct 11 2018
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Occam’s – The Impact of Unexpected Inflation

By Kyle Meyer | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

WHAT IS OCCAM’S RAZOR? Occam’s Razor is a principle attributed to William Occam, a 14th century philosopher. He stressed that explanations must not be multiplied beyond what is necessary. Thus,…

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Apr 21 2017
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Occam’s Razor: One of the Most Successful Active Managers of All Time Shows Why Active Management Doesn’t Work

By Bob French | Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Active vs. Passive, Occam's Razor | No Comments

WHAT IS OCCAM’S RAZOR? Occam’s Razor is a principle attributed to William Occam, a 14th century philosopher. He stressed that explanations must not be multiplied beyond what is necessary. Thus, Occam’s Razor…

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Jan 20 2017
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Occam’s Razor: Understanding Bond Returns

By Bob French | RR Transfer, Investment Advice, Retirement Insights, Occam's Razor | No Comments

WHAT IS OCCAM’S RAZOR? Occam’s Razor is a principle attributed to William Occam, a 14th century philosopher. He stressed that explanations must not be multiplied beyond what is necessary. Thus, Occam’s Razor…

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    • Your Team
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