February 1, 2008

Offsite Out of Mind

You know you’ve done it—or you’ve at least thought about it. Maybe you thought you really needed it, maybe it…

Lets Get Started Shall We

Welcome to “Only in Marin,” which will focus on business news—and the people making it—in Marin County. The name was…

Making Room

Parking rates in downtown San Rafael are up, so where’s the outrage? In October, the city boosted rates to $1…

Risk Free Returns

I’m excited to be writing this financial column in NorthBay biz. Working as a registered investment adviser for the past…

Rethinking Indexing

In 1970, Eugene Fama, a finance professor at the University of Chicago, propounded the Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH), which says…

Bonds Plain Vanilla

Many consider bonds to be the plain vanilla of the investing world, yet they can generate substantial returns. Since bonds…

Sharing the Wealth

The wise investor demands his investments provide ongoing cash returns. For income real estate, this means a monthly stream of…

What We Know That Isnt So

Investors who rely on conventional wisdom can suffer as a result. In this column, I’ll identify some things about the…

How Much Diversification Is Enough

Diversifying one’s portfolio is conventional investment wisdom.  The wise investor spreads his investments among domestic stocks, foreign stocks, bonds, commodities…
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