All Hands on Deck

When a ship is headed for a storm, the captain will promptly announce “All Hands on Deck” to tell the crew that maximum effort is necessary to survive. The global financial storm is culminating into a situation that will require each of us to call the entirety of our...

Blending Income Property into Portfolio Theory

Many stock market investors have become familiar with the work of Harry Markowitz in creating a methodology known as “Portfolio Theory” for managing equity investments. The fundamental premise of portfolio theory is to maximize the rate of return for a given level of...

Diamonds Underfoot

Jason Hartman covers several issues in this episode including; American vs. international real estate investing, keeping ROI score, maintaining emotional stability, judicial vs non-judicial foreclosures, and much more with investment counselor, Steve. More at:...

Dow Soaring for a Crash

Jason Hartman talks with investment counselor, Sara, about investor psychology, overcoming obstacles and getting out of our own way. The smoke-and-mirrors propaganda perpetuated by mainstream media (lamestream media as Sarah Palin says) in reporting the new high in...

Understanding the “Total” Cost of Ownership

One of the fundamental concepts in Finance is the notion of “Total” or “Effective” cost of ownership. This is the total cost from purchase to sale of an asset. The importance of this concept is that it shifts focus away from the acquisition cost of an asset such as...