Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny should take a few pointers from the mutual-fund industry. All three are trying to pull off elaborate hoaxes. But while Santa and the bunny suffer the derision of eight year olds everywhere, actively-managed stock… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
What to do when the market goes down? Read the opinions of the investment gurus who are quoted in the WSJ. And, as you read, laugh. We all know that the pundits can't predict short-term market movements. Yet there they… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Most investors are pretty smart. Yet most investors also remain heavily invested in actively managed stock funds. This is puzzling. The temptation, of course,… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Why are people who are appalled at insider trading so quick to trade on inside information when it comes their way? — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
“In what appears to have been an unplanned quip, Wilberforce asked Huxley if he thought he was descended from an ape on his father's… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Retirement is like a long vacation in Las Vegas. The goal is to enjoy it to the fullest, but not so fully that you… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
“Natural science in England, as Darwin already knew to his cost, was still the purview of Christian scholars. But here was a question that… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
I am a huge, huge, huge fan of index funds. They are the investor’s best friend and Wall Street’s worst nightmare. — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny should take a few pointers from the mutual-fund industry. All three are trying to pull off elaborate hoaxes.… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
What to do when the market goes down? Read the opinions of the investment gurus who are quoted in the WSJ. And, as you… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
If you want to see the greatest threat to your financial future, go home and take a look in the mirror. — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
In the Modern Age, there are still those who refuse to contradict a single word of the Bible, even though the Bible contradicts itself. — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
It's one of the ironies of investing. The rich can afford to take risks, but they don't need to. The poor need to take… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
“He would joke that “stock-market forecasters exist to make astrologers look good.” — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
In 1867, George Campbell, Duke of Argyll, had published The Reign of Law, a book that Darwin found deeply annoying. A supporter of Richard… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
“Thomas Wollaston, in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, complained that Darwin did no seem to know what a species actually was. The… — Jonathan Clements Copy Share Image
