Information Searches: Let the Buyer Beware 

…through bone like butter.”  But you didn’t hear that from us.  https://www.theleverageway.com/blog/real-deal-with-bob-kehoe-best-place-to-hide-a-dead-body/ ↩︎ https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-chat-gpt-bing-edge-web-searches-8433163/ ↩︎ https://duckduckgo.com/?q=where+is+the+best+place+to+hide+a+body%3F&t=newext&atb=v299-1&ia=web ↩︎ https://www.oberlo.com/statistics/search-engine-market-share ↩︎ https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-06-22/google-is-the-worlds-biggest-censor-and-its-power-must-be-regulated ↩︎ Disclosures This material is solely for informational purposes and…

A Window in the Real Estate Market 

…to your wealth manager if you would like to discuss the best approach for your family. References https://www.msci.com/www/research-report/rca-commercial-property-price/03729651564 ↩︎ https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FEDFUNDS ↩︎ https://www.morningstar.com/economy/september-fed-rate-cut-looks-likely-then-what ↩︎ https://www.msci.com/www/research-report/rca-commercial-property-price/03729651564 ↩︎ www.costar.com ↩︎ Additional Sources https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/UNRATE

The Year in Numbers

…[21] Ramsey Solutions (https://www.ramseysolutions.com/financial-literacy/financial-literacy-crisis-in-america#:~:text=REPORT%20SUMMARY,felt%20stress%20because%20of%20money) [22] Ars Technica (arstechnica.com/space/2023/11/2023-has-been-another-year-with-a-record-number-of-orbital-launches/) [23] Economic Policy Institute (https://www.epi.org/productivity-pay-gap/) [24] Digital Trends (https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/chatgpt-cost-to-operate/) [25] National Library of Medicine (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29961088/) [26] Yahoo.com (finance.yahoo.com/news/one-chart-shows-how-the-magnificent-7-have-dominated-the-stock-market-in-2023-203250125.html). [27] Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenroberts/2023/10/15/for-first-time-oil-likely-to-be-top-us-export-in-2023/?sh=592d9e407861) [28]…

Patience on Lower Interest Rates

The Federal Reserve finished their latest Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on June 12th and as expected, held the benchmark interest rate (the federal funds rate) unchanged at 5.25…

Winter is Coming

…The Fed funds rate affects everything from the interest rate paid on savings accounts to mortgage interest rates. The Fed funds rate also sets the cost of money in the U.S….

Global Energy: No Easy Answers 

…[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/11/business/energy-environment/gasoline-price.html [2] https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/cbp-9491/ [3] https://www.politico.eu/article/germanys-imported-energy-prices-more-than-doubled-in-february/ [4] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314549/netherlands-monthly-wholesale-electricity-price/ [5] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-26/eu-nations-reach-agreement-to-reduce-gas-use-for-next-winter [6] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/24/german-industry-cuts-production-due-to-high-energy-prices-dihk-survey.html [7] https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/31/us-to-release-1-million-barrels-of-oil-per-day-from-reserves-to-help-cut-gas-prices.html [8] https://www.wsj.com/articles/opec-allies-agree-to-boost-oil-production-ahead-of-bidens-saudi-visit-11656592928 [9] https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_crd_crpdn_adc_mbblpd_a.htm [10] https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/why-diesel-fuel-costs-are-really-rising/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=MJ_20220517&utm_term=Jolt-Smart [11] https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-germany-d040fce8b07abc2ab6bb2cbf31a0df47 Disclosures This material is solely for informational purposes…

Conversational AI: Expectations & Reality

…are already editing research papers, passing business school exams, creating paintings, and composing music. One simply speaks (or types, for those of us so inclined) our request into the program…

Artificial Versus Human Intelligence

…a sense of self. Thus, they can’t be passionate about anything. They can generate text that mimics passion, but this reflects the data they’ve been trained on, not a genuine…