Recent Articles from Timothy Keating
Time in the Market versus Timing the Market
The story of personal finance can be summarized in four words: Most wounds are self-inflicted. One of the worst sins is trying to time the market.
Remembering the Wisdom of ‘St.’ Jack Bogle
Vanguard founder Jack Bogle's timeless pillars of investment advice
The Primacy of Behavior in Real-World Investment Success
Whatever may be happening in the world, you should patiently hold the portfolio that offers you the best chance of reaching your financial goals.
Shallow Risk vs. Deep Risk
Your retirement portfolio will be best served if you take no action in response to current events of any kind.
International Equities Allocation: How Much and Why?
You own equities because, over long periods of time, they have been the best way to preserve and grow purchasing power.
This Too Shall Pass
It's easy to remember yesterday's news or the value of your portfolio from your latest monthly investment account statement, but it's harder to remember an important number from five or 10 years ago.
Time is on Your Side, Bonds are Not
According to the Society of Actuaries, 40 percent of retirees underestimate the life expectancy of people their age by at least five years.
What Does It Take to Retire Comfortably?
We can at least help Coloradans become financially independent and self-reliant in retirement by framing the issue with some simple arithmetic and a very handy rule of thumb.
What are comprehensive financial services?
The Paradox of Choice is a behavioral finance doctrine that describes how the presence of too many choices is paralyzing and debilitating, hindering decision-making.
Are there any Colorado unicorns out there?
One must own a market capitalization weighted index fund, which will include a number of potentially loss-making, “grossly overvalued” stocks — like Amazon.
For superior investment returns, try radical simplicity
Reduce the number of investment fund choices available to participants and educate/steer them to equity index funds
Lessons from America’s most admired investor: Warren Buffett
Take note of Warren Buffett's lessons: Beating the market consistently over long time periods is possible, but also exceedingly difficult and therefore improbable.