Millennial Financial Intelligence
In 1924, a Wall Street analyst named Edgar Lawrence Smith sat down to prove something obvious. Bonds were safer than stocks. Everyone knew it. The smart money knew it. The textbooks said it. His job was simply to run the numbers and confirm what the financial establishment already believed. He couldn’t do it. What Smith …
Read moreStocks beat bonds. A man proved it in 1924. The bond market is relearning it now
Right now, everything looks expensive. Stocks at record highs. Gold at record highs. Bitcoin off its peak but still historically elevated. The most rational-sounding response is: I’ll wait for a better entry point. It feels disciplined. It is almost certainly the wrong move. 7 of the 10 best trading days in the last 20 years …
Read moreWhy trying to time the market almost always makes things worse
In a normal market, gold and stocks move in opposite directions. Gold goes up when people are scared. Stocks go up when people are confident. They hedge each other. So when both hit record highs at the same time — alongside Bitcoin crossing $125,000 in late 2025 — the question stops being what to buy …
Read moreThe market is hitting record highs. Warren Buffett calls it a casino. Who’s right?