Recession Deja Vu – No Smoke Without Fire
The Weakest Drop First How did this happen? We Lower Interest Rates and This is What We Get In Return? How large is the BBB Bond Market Banks haven’t failed...Read More
Diversification by Twitter: How Trump’s Trade Tactics Are Changing Financial Markets
Donald Trump yesterday suddenly threatened to increase tariffs on many Chinese goods from 10% to 25% effective this Friday. He also threatened to institute many new tariffs. According to his...Read More
Capital Expenditures vs Share Buybacks: How Do Investors Want Companies to Spend?
I recently published an article discussing an op-ed written by Chuck Schumer and Bernie Sanders where one of the ideas they put forth was to create a (undefined) mechanism...Read More
How Cryptocurrency Can Still Take Over The Internet: Part II
In a previous post I explained why most of the common criticisms of cryptocurrency (and Bitcoin specifically) are off the mark or are simply disingenuous. At this point, I would...Read More
How Amazon of 2018 is Facebook of 2015 & What Happens Next?
Amazon Inc. just passed Apple and Microsoft as the highest valued company in the world. Virtually nobody is surprised by this. But we all should be. After all, this is...Read More
Reasons Why Advisors Should be Using More 401k Fintech Tools
With the new millennia we crossed the point of no return where technology will be driving growth and prosperity. It is easy to see it happening all around us...Read More
On Risk Tolerance and Broken Noses
From risk systems for advisors to algorithms used by robo-advisors, quant risk management has gone mainstream. These systems have gone from being housed on supercomputers at large institutions to cloud-based...Read More
13 Questions Retirement Plan Advisors Should Ask Plan Sponsors
Retirement Plan Advisors usually have their own personal methods and strategies in their business practice when approaching retirement plans. Advisors who represent the interests of retirement plans must take on...Read More
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