BUYING WEED (EP.7)

<p>In Episode 7 of the Rational Reminder podcast we discussed the following:</p> <ul> <li>Ottawa home prices</li> <li>The longest bull market in history</li> <li>What goes up does not have to come down</li> <li>All time highs are normal and should be expected</li> <li>Is the market overvalued?</li> <li>Even the CAPE only explains 40% of future return differences</li> <li>Should you dollar cost average or invest in a lump sum?</li> <li>Your better off in the market than trying to time the market</li> <li>Was WEED an obvious buy at $2.00?</li> <li>There are still plenty of public companies to invest in</li> <li>Small cap returns need to be taken in context</li> <li>Bad behaviour is not always easy to spot</li> </ul> <p>The stories we talked about:</p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-21/longest-bull-market-in-history-comes-with-jumbo-sized-asterisk"> The longest bull run in history comes with a jumbo-sized asterisk</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.pwlcapital.com/en/Advisor/Ottawa/Cameron-Passmore/Advisor-Blog/Cameron-Passmore/August-2018/All-time-highs-are-normal"> All time highs are normal</a></li> <li><a href= "https://csinvesting.ca/blog/2015/12/16/what-if-investing-right-before-a-market-crash-isnt-that-bad"> What if investing right before a market crash isn’t that bad?</a></li> <li><a href="https://youtu.be/X1qzuPRvsM0">Is Now the Best Time to Invest?</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-08-22/with-constellation-deal-canopy-is-emerging-as-the-google-of-pot"> With Constellation Deal, Canopy Has the Chance to Be Google of Pot</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/04/business/shrinking-stock-market.html"> The Stock Market Is Shrinking. That’s a Problem for Everyone.</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p>The charts we talked about:</p> <p><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/127327/ep7_Chart1.png" alt= "Number of Stocks" width="602" height="293" /></p> <p>Image source: Dimensional Fund Advisors</p> <p><img src= "https://assets.libs