Perspectives: The Ross Asset Weblog - Page 3

On top of everything else, you are now an irresponsible parent if you don't have a 529 plan in place.  Well...if you've eliminated high fructose corn syrup, and you permit no...

The Statens Pensjonsfond, Norway's sovereign wealth fund, combines the oil profits from its 2/3 stake in Statoil with an aggressive, 60% equities investment strategy.The Pensjonsfund...

The stock market has a problem: it stinks as a place to invest money.Money you invested in the S&P 500 twenty years ago performed no better than long term government bonds, and...

Speaking today at a press conference in Bangalore, Warren Buffett announced his intention to make major investments in India, China, and Brazil.(Note: Later in this article we compare...

Why your double-digit returns in 2010 were not good enough, and what to do about it.It's February: your 2010 year-end brokerage statement is in your hands, and love is in the...

Adults under capitalism go through three life phases:  worker, manager, capitalist. Unless you plan on living under a bridge, retirement means becoming a full-time capitalist....

In October I argued that the bailout would be a decent investment for the government.  So far so good.  The government has nationalized significant pieces of large financial...

2008 has delivered a lot of lemons, and not much sugar.  We'll have to content ourselves with just a little bit of lemonade.The half-glass of lemonade I'm pouring today includes...

The root cause of the global financial meltdown is now clear:  Too Much Money.  Where did all of this money come from, and why is it a problem?  The answer will take us far beyond...

We've all heard about Credit Default Swaps, and how they're the great bugaboo that could rear up and kill the entire world's economy. Warren Buffett called them "financial weapons...