In late February The Wall Street Journal reported about a trend toward slowing dividend growth and increasing dividend cuts in the United States.

Five years ago I took a look at Household FOR and DSR (Debt Service Ratio) as published by the Federal Reserve, and saw reason to look for annual returns of 16.4% on the S&P 500 for the next 5 years.

Step one: stop talking. From that friend in need to your nightmare colleague, here’s how to hear and make a difference A close friend was going through a terrible time this summer.

The internet can be a beautiful and horrible place at the same time, and it isn’t weird to sometimes feel like you want to leave — there’s wasn’t an easy way out, until now. Swedish developers Wille Dahlbo and Linus Unnebäck created Deseat.

In a research report published at the beginning of this week, Todd Castagno, equity strategist at Morgan Stanley Research questioned the $2.5 trillion headline figure, declaring that, “only 40% of this amount, or~$1 trillion, is available in the form of cash and marketable securities.

Reading data from google sheets into R is something you imagine should be really simple, but often is anything but. However, package googlesheets goes a long way to solving this problem. Let’s crack on with an example.

This line is hand-forged from SG2 (R2) Powdered Steel, an extremely hard metal known for excellent edge retention.  The blades are hand sharpened by top craftsman, Takayuki Shibata, and feature stainless cladding for easier maintenance and textured sides to prevent sticking.

random.rebal.weights.06oct2015.R # R code re: CapitalSpecator.com post on random rebalancing with weights: # “Using Random Portfolios To Test Asset Allocation Strategies” # http://ift.tt/2ghhIgO.

pca.cs.29dec2015.R # R code re: CapitalSpecator.com post on principal component analysis: # “Portfolio Analysis in R: Part V | Risk Analysis Via Factors” # http://ift.tt/2ghhIgO.

var.irf.19feb2016.R # R code re: CapitalSpecator.com post on “shock” modeling with VAR analytics: # “Modeling “What If?” Scenarios With Impulse Response Simulations” # http://ift.tt/2ghhIgO.