by Anna Horton | Mar 13, 2019 | Fortitude Nation News
Sometimes the obvious choice is just wrong. That’s where education comes in. Thomas M. Fafinski educated us in a recent visit to the Financial Fortitude radio show. Tom is co-founder of Virtus Law.[i]Besides practicing and teaching law, Tom is an author and wrote a...
by Anna Horton | Mar 11, 2019 | Fortitude Nation News
Good decisions sometimes lead to unfavorable outcomes. Even Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway lost over $4 billion[ii]in late February when Kraft Heinz (KHC) stock lost about 27% of its value in one day after an unfavorable earnings announcement.[iii]After the stock...
by Anna Horton | Feb 25, 2019 | Fortitude Nation News
It finally happens in 2020: After 67 years as a net importer, the U.S. achieves net energy exporter status, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s)[i]Annual Energy Outlook 2019[ii]. The U.S. became a natural gas net exporter in 2017 and coal...
by Anna Horton | Feb 14, 2019 | Fortitude Nation News
Survey results are in. Americans suffer serious anxiety over uncertainties presented by the prospect of retirement, and their anxiety worsens. The uncertainties keep some of us up at night. When and how we act matters. Some people act like the old hound dog. The old...
by Anna Horton | Feb 12, 2019 | Fortitude Nation News
The New Year’s economic tack is not the same as last year’s. In some ways, changes brewing over the last few years have matured and disclose more clarity about their form. In other ways, it’s like somebody flipped a switch. If you thought earlier trends were...
by Anna Horton | Feb 5, 2019 | Fortitude Nation News
Fixed interest bonds and bond mutual funds are different, and it matters. This first of two facts helps explain the main difference: Fixed interest bond values change inversely with changes in prevailing yields. This fact raises three questions: What is the importance...
