Vlog: Early Bird gets the Worm – Compound Interest
Welcome to Alman Partners‘ very first Vlog! In the first
Welcome to Alman Partners‘ very first Vlog! In the first
How can we teach our children that money doesn’t grow on trees, when the trees have become digital and invisible? For most of us, our first memories of money are of collecting small change, and witnessing our parents using cash to make everyday purchases. This experience, however, is no longer common – the game has changed, and it has become invisible.
Australia, earth’s driest continent, experienced national rainfall in 2017 that was 8% above the historical average. The year was the 30th wettest on record, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.1 But the story is more complicated than that.
Everyone has an opinion about what caused this latest bout of volatility in markets, coming after a long period of relative calm. But the key point for long-term investors is that markets are volatile by nature. Stocks go up and down as information and expectations change. Sometimes, this happens very gradually. Other times it happens more suddenly.