June 24, 2022 Are Your Investments a Mess? Most Shadowridge clients already know that they don’t have too much to worry about in this market, because we’ve got you covered in that regard. However, for the many non-clients who get this letter, like a neighbor who said their investments are a “mess” due to the inaction of their adviser, this article is for you. As I

May 27, 2022 The ESG Emperors Have No Clothes Increased reporting on ESG investing has intrigued me since I noticed it a few years back. Articles have appeared with increasing frequency in virtually all industry rags about how “Advisers respond to consumer demand for ESG investments,” or “More investors demand ESG investments,” and lately, “SEC to require ESG rankings of all publicly traded companies.” The problem

April 29, 2022 The Problem with Recessions In the next few paragraphs, I’m going to give you a peek into the future and let you in on what we see unfolding in the economy and what impact stock market investors may see. What we are seeing is an economic recession on the horizon. There is a very high probability that we may already be there, but

March 25, 2022 How to Be a Genius Napoleon’s definition of a military genius was “the man who can do the average thing when all those around him are going crazy.” It’s the same in investing — especially as markets get wild, as they’ve been these past few months.  It may be hard to tell from the indices that make most of the headlines, but as

February 24, 2022 The Canary in the Coal Mine Many investors think of the stock markets as a giant cash register. Just put your shares in and take cash out. However, there is not an endless supply of cash in the markets. Someone must be on the other side of the cash register putting money in so you can take it out. That is called liquidity,