Most investors are not aware of an important separation in the professionals of the financial services industry.
Read More...
About David John Marotta
David John Marotta+ is the Founder and President of Marotta Wealth Management, Inc. He played for the State Department chess team at age 11, graduated from Stanford, taught Computer and Information Science, and still loves math and strategy games. Favorite number: e (2.7182818...)
Mailbag: Is There An Advantage For Me To Do A Roth Conversion?
My wife and I are 65 years old and I am newly retired. Is there any advantage in doing a Roth conversion this year?
Read More...Oil Price Predictions Are Essentially Meaningless
“The most important thing I learned from my research was never to attempt to forecast the price of oil.”
Read More...“Citizenfour” Reminds Us We Should Still Be Outraged
The domestic spying of the executive branch deserves our outrage. Efforts like “Citizenfour” that keep the issue in the public eye deserve our support.
Read More...
Mailbag: Confused by Google And Yahoo Finance
Q&A: “I don’t understand how to explain what happened to the share price. What was going on in the fund?”
Read More...Three Reasons To Engage In Gift Giving
The new holiday cliché is to complain about hyper-materialism, but gifts and gift giving help shape our identities.
Read More...The President’s Impact
Obama evidently believes that politicians are elected to make a difference in the lives of Americans. The problem is that no one can opt out of a federal impact.
Read More...
Radio: What Did Well in 2014 and What Might Happen in 2015
David John Marotta and radio host Rob Schilling discuss what did well in the market as well as the online security of investments.
Read More...One Hidden Way the IRS Hurts the Bereaved
It is often said that the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. The IRS takes that truism to heart.
Read More...The Success of Freedom Investing
It is a simple thought experiment. Would you rather invest in South Korea or in North Korea?
Read More...
Fiduciary Fight Part 5: Lobbyists Won’t Help
“We’d be fools to underestimate their tenacity and creativity when it comes to protecting their executive bonus pools.”
Read More...
2014 Returns for Our 6 Asset Classes
When asset classes are not correlated that means they often move in different directions.
Read More...
Does Past Performance Have Anything To Do With Future Results?
Is there a correlation which would justify talking about “the momentum of the markets”?
Read More...Fiduciary Fight Part 4: Fiduciary Oath
“Take a version of this fiduciary oath to the brokers down the street and ask them to sign it. If they refuse, ask why.”
Read More...The Delirious Happiness of Free Market Choice
Here is one of the most brilliant breakthroughs in all of food science and how it relates to almost every aspect of life.
Read More...Does Market Volatility Cause Post-Traumatic Stress?
The best antidote to the stress of market volatility is to understand that the markets are inherently volatile.
Read More...Fiduciary Fight Part 3: Distinguish Between Brokers And Advisors
I love that Bob Veres thinks that labeling someone as a broker or advisor would help bring clarity. It shows his optimism.
Read More...
Marotta’s 2015 Gone-Fishing Portfolio Calculator
A gone-fishing portfolio has a limited number of investments with a balanced asset allocation that should do well with dampened volatility.
Read More...Why is Bob Cratchit So Poor?
At first glance, this story fills us with pity for the Cratchit family, always struggling to make ends meet. But is that the true story?
Read More...Jorge Posada And Jose Contreras Failed To Safeguard Their Finances
Their attorney, New York-based Barry Lax, says the two ballplayers are the latest professional athletes abused by predatory financial advisors.
Read More...Obama Acts Like a Mob Boss, But There Is a Solution
A mob boss exercises absolute control over his many followers and profits from the often criminal activities of his organization.
Read More...Fiduciary Fight Part 2: Additional Congressional Regulatory Oversight Can’t Be Trusted
Congress cannot protect you from the financial sharks who contribute to their campaigns, but they may protect the sharks.
Read More...Ken Elzinga
Kenneth G. Elzinga. Ken is both a nationally renowned economist as well as a locally celebrated professor here in Charlottesville at the University of Virginia.
Read More...Contact Lens Regulations Cost Consumers Billions
It is illegal to sell contacts in the United States without requiring a prescription. A Federal Trade Commission regulation provides penalties of up to $11,000 per violation.
Read More...Inversion Is The Latest Corporate Tax-Cutting Strategy
The United States is the only country that imposes a tax on all income the company makes whether it is earned within or outside the country.
Read More...Interviews And Articles With Ken Elzinga
“Markets have made possible the prospect of the bulk of an economy’s population not being poor and oppressed.”
Read More...Fiduciary Fight Part 1: The Fight Over The Fiduciary Label
The fight is on! Everyone wants to be known as a fiduciary, but not everyone deserves the title.
Read More...Interview with Ken Elzinga by Marotta On Money
Ken Elzinga writes the popular Henry Spearman mystery novels under the pen name of Marshal Jevons. We caught up with Professor Elzinga for the following interview.
Read More...How Not to Promote College Innovation
These noble-sounding goals intuitively appear useful, but the federal government has only two ways to encourage change and neither of them helps in this case.
Read More...
How To Buy A College Degree
Unfortunately, Obama’s good intentions are thwarted by the economic principle formulated by banker Charles Goodhart.
Read More...What Investors Really Want
“In reflecting on our experiences as advisers and investors, we’ve come up with what we believe are the key and often unspoken wants and needs of our investors.”
Read More...The Economics of a Thanksgiving Turkey
The average factory-farmed frozen turkey from a grocery story is sold for as little as $0.67 per pound. Economics can offer five explanations.
Read More...
We Need a Partial Shutdown of Government
Unless McConnell is willing to risk a government shutdown, he will ultimately have to acquiesce to Obama’s wishes.
Read More...Giving To Charity In Order to Receive An Annuity
Every nonprofit needs to keep up to date a list of the types of assets that they will accept as donations.
Read More...
