TABR News
Should You Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy? Truck Yeah!
For those of you unfamiliar, our monthly headline is based on one of Warren Buffet’s famous quotes. OK, maybe not the Truck Yeah! (That’s my tribute to Tim McGraw). But you get the message. There’s actually a 73% probability that stocks will gain ground in 2025. Enjoy your Christmas, as the odds suggest a much […]
Bob Kargenian’s Letter Published in Barron’s on November 15
Bob Kargenian’s letter was published on November 15 in Barron’s, a weekly newspaper that covers financial information, relevant statistics, and market developments. In his letter, Bob says, “Andrew Bary correctly points out that the current cash position of Berkshire Hathaway is a record $311 billion, which is about 31.6% of the stock’s market cap, currently […]
The Future of AI in Financial Planning
With NVIDIA Corporation nearly tripling its stock price so far in 2024 and surpassing Apple as the world’s most valuable company, there’s never been more interest in artificial intelligence (AI). Although NVIDIA isn’t an AI company per se, it supplies AI companies with critical infrastructure like graphics processing unit (GPU) chips. With this growing interest […]
Will Hope Trump The Election? Pun Intended
Awful and empty. That’s how Wall Street Journal columnist Peggy Noonan recently described the two Presidential candidates. I thought that was spot on. You can read all the political commentary elsewhere. Here, though, we’re going to show you that the stock market just might be the most reliable forecaster of who wins the upcoming election. […]
TABR Capital Management Named in Financial Advisor Magazine’s Top RIA Survey 2024
TABR Capital Management has been named in Financial Advisor Magazine’s Top RIA Survey 2024. The publication is a monthly financial services magazine that delivers market information for financial advisors. TABR manages more than $200 million for over 200 clients nationwide. Read the entire survey.
There’s Nothing Fair About The FAIR Plan, And Time To Buckle Up?
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is happy that inflation seems headed in the right direction, now running at just under 3% annualized. He’s obviously not purchased homeowners insurance in California recently. In this month’s update, we’ll discuss our latest experience with that area, along with the historical negatives of September stock market seasonality, the recent […]
Understanding IRMAA and How to Avoid a Surprising Surge in Medicare Premiums
Imagine this: You’re about to turn 65 and are excited to switch from private health insurance to Medicare, expecting to save money. But instead, you’re hit with a significant increase in your Medicare premiums. This has become a reality for many of our clients. In one recent situation, a married couple who had both turned […]
Bob Kargenian’s Letter Published in Barron’s
Bob Kargenian’s letter was published on July 12 in Barron’s, a weekly newspaper that covers financial information, relevant statistics, and market developments. In his letter, Bob says, “It continues to perplex me that many professionals in our industry, along with the financial press, perpetuate the myth of ‘cash on the sidelines’ when speaking of the […]
Treat It As If It Was Yours. How We Invest Our Money. Skin In The Game.
In the early 1980s, I started subscribing to many technical stock market newsletters. One of them was called The Chartist, by a guy named Dan Sullivan, out of Seal Beach, CA. Besides being a proponent of using relative strength for stock picking, he did something that I’ve never recalled anyone else in the industry doing. […]
Bob Kargenian Quoted in Barron’s
Bob Kargenian’s letter was published in Barron’s, a weekly newspaper that covers financial information, relevant statistics, and market developments. In his letter, Bob says, “Hats off to Creative Planning’s chief market strategist Charlie Bilello for wondering about the government’s absurd assumptions that health insurance as computed in the consumer price index is 4% lower than […]