Things are good. Things are not good. Those seem to be the two lenses through which most people view the world most of the time. “Human...

Richard Feynman’s first principle was that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool. One way we fool ourselves...

“The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.”(1) The great physicist, Richard...

In business and investing, it's remarkable how we get so wrapped up in the topics of the day: what will happen to the economy? Will there...

For the last 25 years, U.S. wealth growth has handily outpaced GDP growth(1). In their efforts to avert the consequences of financial...

An entrepreneur is that special breed of person who will back themselves in spite of the odds being against them. Invest in a collection...

“No one likes volatility but the alternative in this particular instance is debasement. And speaking for myself, I would rather have...

Sick of hearing about inflation yet? Not us. And we’ve been talking about it for a while! Well, we always talk about it, because growth...

In investing an index is a way to measure the performance of a group of stocks, and the S&P 500 index (the 500 largest companies in the...

If you look around your world you’ll see a lot of attention given to systems of enforcement. We see it in education with the...

The challenge for bonds (or any conservative asset with low price volatility) will continue to be inflation. When we look back on the...

At Bluestone, our thing is entrepreneurs. There can be many different flavors of “entrepreneur,” from the bootstrapping startup to the...

Is there an activity with as many unique styles, themes, flavors, and preferences as investing? It does seem like the possibilities and...

One of the qualities lacking in society-at-large today is resilience. Yes, the pandemic has been a real crisis, imposing dramatic health...

Business and investing behavior follow a simple pattern of excitement and worry. Like partygoers, when the party is in full swing (bull...

Eight times per year, the U.S. Federal Reserve publishes the “Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions by Federal Reserve...

It’s no secret we’ve been concerned about U.S. stock valuations for some time. See, for example, our March 2021 post for a refresh on the...

How tough is it to be a bond investor today? There are many ways to measure the yield of a bond. The method most commonly used by money...

Oh yes indeed, more inflation talk! Gotta give the people what they want (or not). Truth be told, we’ve talked a lot about inflation and...

We all make mistakes. We all fall short of the standards and expectations we set for how we should behave with others and engage with the...