Portfolio Investing: Climate, Not Weather

It has been a very, very cold few months, particularly in New England. Boston is buried in snow. Niagara Falls has frozen over. Even the South is getting hit with ice. What does this have to do with retirement investing? Everything. The thing is, despite the extreme cold in some parts of the country, we're still living through the sixth-warmest December to January period on record, according to government data, and precipitation is well below normal. I know, I know. Tell Boston that. But it's j...