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Nobody Knows Anything, Kentucky Derby Edition | No, America Is Not Collapsing | How Good Are You at Detecting Bullshit? Take Our Test | The Key to a Good Parent-Child Relationship? Low Expectations. | How to Know When to Stop

A “Bear Market” is usually defined as the condition in which the price of a market falls – on a closing basis – 20% (or more) from recent highs amid widespread negative investor sentiment. Your answer to the question, “Are we in a Bear Market?” will depend on what “market” you are considering.

The Flood of '72: Fifty Years Later Podcast | Being Present | Mary Oliver: “I Got Saved by the Beauty of The World” | The Last Time | The Current Thing

Berkeley May Explore Making Reparations to Black Residents | A Startup Is Sucking CO2 From the Sky and Making Diamonds. No More Mining? | The Backpacker’s Trail Calendar: 103 Hikes to Make 2022 Your Best Year Ever | Applying the Practice of Mindfulness to Money Management | Inside the Bubble

In the coming weeks, it is likely that "Recession" will take over the media conversation. Some combination of war, oil price spike, and inverted yield curve will come to be seen as natural predictors. Given current and potential headlines… what should we (goal-focused and planning-driven investors) be doing in our portfolios?

In Search of Troy | Tim Urban on Pluralistic Ignorance | Berkshire’s Performance vs. the S&P 500 | Should Investors Fear Rising Public Debt? | Change in Common Household Types in the U.S.

Last week, we introduced the constant competition between two camps of investors: the Active vs. the Passive. And, without taking a stance re: financial outcomes, we made the case that a passive approach might be the better approach. “But, Jonathan, I really want to outperform.” I get it. So do I.

Give Your Money. Give Your Time. Don’t Tell Anyone. | Global Wealth Inequality: The Rise of Multimillionaires | The Desert Within | 100 Ways to Slightly Improve Your Life Without Really Trying | Cathie Wood’s Rollercoaster Performance Offers A Familiar Lesson About Volatility

The latest employment numbers were worse than expected… but that didn’t stop the aggregate unemployment numbers from falling below 4% for the first time since the beginning the pandemic. And the year just past, we saw almost 6.5 million jobs created - the most jobs ever created in a single year.

Insights from “The Matter with Things” | The Importance of Price Signals | The 10 Best Data Visualizations of 2021 | 99 Good News Stories You Probably Didn’t Hear About in 2021 | The Better Letter: Forecasting Follies

2021 saw more than its share of major headlines. I’ve read probably 10 “Best of 2021" headline lists, and I’d like to add my own effort – with a little different spin. Here are a seven 2021 headline highlights that shouldn’t have been…

Why Paul Simon? | Dodging the Diderot Effect | Hugging the X-Axis | How to Become a Better Listener | Proof-of-Stake and Stablecoins: A Blockchain Centralization Dilemma | Why It’s Too Early to Get Excited About Web3 | A Wild, Emotional Year Has Changed Investing—Maybe Forever

Wesley Earp of the WEInvested Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money.

Shark Bite Biz's David Strausser interviews Jonathan DeYoe, CPWA, AIF, owner and author of Mindful Money about why he doesn't speculate (buy lottery tickets or Bitcoin).

Ian Lobas of the Men on Purpose Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money.

Mark Podolsky of the Land Geek Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe regarding financial and behavioral wealth management.

Christian Bartsch of The Growth Zone Podcast interviews Jonathan DeYoe of Mindful Money.

In his 2021 Half-Time Report Event, Jonathan K. DeYoe discusses the global markets and economies in light of COVID-19. He discusses the unprecedented events that have brought us to where we are today, and where we might be headed.

How does the state of our mind affect the way we make money decisions? You came to the right place to find out. Keith Baker’s guest today is Jonathan DeYoe, founder and CEO of Mindful Money.

At the completion of the first ½ of 2021, the global economy and their associated equity markets have made significant progress towards “recovery.” As always, we divide our mid-year report into two parts. First, we recap our shared investment philosophy; second, I share our perspective on the current situation.