Investments

February 6, 2023
The Ballad of Bulls & Bears
Believe it or not, bull and bear fights were a once popular blood sport introduced by the Spanish conquistadors that ultimately became quite popular across California throughout much of...

August 5, 2022
Waiting Until the Sky is Clear
Earlier this year, we wrote about how markets are always lined with red flags giving investors cause for concern. So far, 2022 has been a dismal year for investors...

July 12, 2022
2022 Mid-Year Commentary: The Beauty of Black Swans
For those that may not remember, this was the year that the Boston Red Sox ended the Curse of the Bambino by sweeping the Cardinals to win their first...

June 14, 2022
Pay Attention to the Details
Here at Silicon Hills Wealth, we focus on engineering investment portfolios that efficiently capture market premiums and manage the risk our clients are taking. Factor investing is a quantitative...

June 7, 2022
Climbing Up the Interest Rate Mountain
2022 has been a challenging year for stocks; however, the real pain can be felt within the bond markets. The chart below illustrates that bond markets are currently in...

May 9, 2022
A Series of Unpredictable Events
The first four months of 2022 have been characterized by a series of unpredictable events – including a jarring face slap at the Oscars, a swift and cinematic (pending)...

April 4, 2022
Red Flags
Every time investors go to the beach (the markets) to see if it’s safe to get in the water (invest), there are going to be red flags flying. This...

March 1, 2022
Beating Bias with Systematic Discipline
Markets work because we as humans are wired to be tenacious and hopeful proprietors of our own legacies – it’s part of our emotional DNA; but with that comes...

February 24, 2022
Do You Act or React?
Nobody is unhappier than the perpetual reactor. His center of emotional gravity is not rooted within himself, where it belongs, but in the world outside him. His temperature is...