

Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing.”
I made my first investment at age eleven. I was wasting my life up until then.”
In civilized societies, children are taught not to bully. The “#MeToo” movement has declared war on adult sexual bullies. But there is one area where the bullies have not been called out and, in fact, are often applauded, even though they have hurt thousands of times as many people as Harvey Weinstein.
Talk about destroying a narrative. On Friday, the Labor Department reported 312,000 new jobs in December, with an additional 58,000 from upward revisions to prior months. Recession talk got crushed.
We are using any pull back as an opportunity to add to our equity positions and expect a deeply oversold market to rebound early next year.
Black Friday had a 23.6% increase in online sales this year, according to Adobe Analytics, which tracks sales at 80 of the top 100 internet retailers, with one-third of the sales via mobile devices – that's up from 29.6% in 2017. Looks like more people are getting comfortable with making buying decisions on the go rather than at a desk.
The odds of a recession happening anytime soon remain remote, we it at 10%, or less. And a recession is what it would take for us to expect a full-blown bear market. In other words, the current downdraft is just heartburn, not a heart attack
In an uncertain world, says Dimensional’s founder and Executive Chairman, the right financial advisor can help you determine the best overall investment approach.