Making Sense of It All

Have you grown tired of all the stock jabber and bond blather yet? It's relentless, isn't it? But of course it is if you check in with financial media, whether main stream of "alternative" - whatever that means. Having reduced exposure to both, there's still enough "check in" time given to lend an eye and ear to all the experts out there. Sure, you can grab a nugget or two on occasion that helps think more clearly, maybe even assist in making a good decision or two. But the nuggets are few and far between. Like panning for gold, you've got to get through a lot of sludge - in this case stock jabber and bond blather - to find them. Now what's with these two pestilent cousins? Let's start with stock jabber. Stock jabber fills up the bulk of the time of the financial media we check in with. Always has. Was this always so? Yes and no. Yes because stocks are the darling of the financial markets. If you're looking to get a leg up on your journey...