Monthly Archives: November, 2009
Brave New Paradigm
For this generation of investors, the paradigm that is ingrained is the concept of “boom times, crash, boom time restarts”. The United States stock market is returning to relatively new highs due to the rally in stocks that has made some investors feel that “happy times are here again”. This has created the psychology that [...]
Another Fools’ Recap
Since we mentioned our Fools Being Dumbagents article last week, we thought we should probably give a recap of how the investments are going. As a recap, Motley Fool’s CAPS is a website where investors can gather to rate stocks. Each member can rate a stock, and say whether they think it will outperform or [...]
What all the cool kids are wearing
With the Holiday Season approaching, and completely ignoring the conclusions in our article from last week, check out our Store page at http://dumbagent.com/dumbagent-store-page/. Here you’ll find original DA shirts, coffee mugs, bags and more to give to that special someone, to yourself, and to complete strangers! Nothing shows you care quite as much as a [...]
The (Asset Management) World is Flat
A new website called Kaching is featuring the possibility to invest in a novel way: Everyone can now automatically make the same investments that their favorite money managers make. This is assuming, of course, that their favorite money managers are part of Kaching. We have mixed feelings about this site. It seems to work like [...]
How to shop for Christmas presents
With Christmas approaching, and TV commercials diligently reminding us to shop for presents, we are about to re-enter the yearly ritual, whether physical or online, of finding the perfect present for the so-and-so who has everything and, crucially, finding it at the best price. So it seems like a good time to revisit what sort [...]
