Yesterday, global stock markets were again selling off as fear of a coronavirus-induced recession continued to spread. What had been a steady drop in the price of oil due to a general slowdown of global economic activity, evolved into a much larger drop over the weekend when Saudi Arabia decided to start a price war… Read More

Recent headlines about the coronavirus have seen global stock markets decline for what is now the sixth straight day. And the question on everybody’s mind is: how much worse will this get?  In times like these, it’s critical for investors to maintain perspective and distinguish between how we react to world events in our everyday… Read More

“Progress is invisible to most people because they don’t get their understanding of the world from numbers; they get it from headlines. Journalism by its very nature conceals progress, because it presents sudden events rather than gradual trends. Most things that happen suddenly are bad: a war, a shooting, an epidemic, a scandal, a financial… Read More

What a year, what a decade. Hard to believe the last ten years, with all of its “interesting” events, somehow turned out pretty spectacularly for most investors. As a frame of reference, here is our newsletter from the end of 2009: Click Here to Read BAMG’s 2009 Newsletter It was a very different time, to… Read More

Tomorrow, families all across the nation will sit down together and share what they are most thankful for. It’s a tradition so ubiquitous it can feel forced or cliche, but only for those who haven’t yet learned this simple truth: Happiness is not what makes us grateful.It is gratefulness that makes us happy. Br. Steindl-Rast… Read More