Stop Watching the News

…that cater to our own beliefs. To combat this inherent bias, we need to seek competing opinions that challenge our existing views, as difficult as that process might be. Availability…

Patience on Lower Interest Rates

…34% of the CPI, has been slower to cool than many other components.  The cost of owning a home is a big component of shelter and is represented by the…

Educating the Next Generation – Investing

…of publicly available information about companies, especially for large U.S. companies. However, having someone young present a case for why one company is likely to be a good investment can…

Cryptocurrencies and Digital Assets – A Primer

…who use powerful computers (and staggering amounts of energy) to solve increasingly complex puzzles to validate and lock blocks of transactions into the Bitcoin blockchain, earning bitcoin for themselves in…

When a Duck is a Duck

…first half of 2022 compared with the first half of 2021. However, many analysts are now projecting only 4.7% growth in corporate earnings over the coming four quarters, down from…

May You Live in Interesting Times 

…market valuations, eerily similar to the dot.com bubble of 1999. Then, Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) of similar or related companies became highly sought-after as many saw their stock prices double…

Inflation – Federal Reserve Enemy #1

Until 2021, the U.S. economy benefited from a long period of modest inflation.  The Consumer Price Index averaged just 1.88% for the prior 10 years, aided mostly by technology, e-commerce,…