Financial Geekery

We engineers tend to fall to a particularly pernicious form of overconfidence due to the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

As of this writing, the US yield curve has partially inverted. What does that mean? What should you do?

Your mortgage is almost certainly the single largest loan you will ever take on. Here are some things to keep in mind when doing your own an

We can maximize our chances of a good outcome, but the fact is that wise decisions and good outcomes don't always go hand-in-hand. This

You've decided you want an optimized portfolio. Who wouldn't? It's money in your pocket, compounding over time. So...how?

The real world, though, has friction and cows that are less than geometrically perfect; it has markets that go up and down, taxes, and 401(k

What if you're looking for even more efficiency? What if you've got your asset allocation set up and want to turn the dial to 11?

So as you can see, depending on your situation, you could go either way when it comes to mutual funds or ETF's. Speaking personally, thi

If you want to invest wisely, you need to know what "investing wisely" even means. The underpinnings may be complex, but the basic

I don't normally write about specific companies, as I prefer to talk more about concepts than about people or things. Having said that,