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Place Your Bets
March 11, 2024 | You can bet on almost anything in markets if you're clever enough. Typically, people think of this in two basic ways — you can bet on stocks, bonds, gold, bitcoin, etc., to go higher or lower in price.
The Sound of Music
March 10, 2024 | Thanks to AI, the music world has been democratized like never before. But it also reignited debates around originality, artistry, and intellectual property.
Bitcoin’s Gravitational Pull
March 9, 2024 | Despite Barbie’s success, Mattel’s stock has been a laggard, rising about 9% over the last year versus roughly 27% for the S&P 500. And going back four decades, Mattel is up just 686% versus the S&P 500’s more than 3,200% return. More fun insights here in 2 minutes to read.
Rich Get Richer
March 8, 2024 | Being wealthy comes with many perks. One of them is the chance to have a devoted investment team managing your money. And the number of wealthy families employing these “family offices” to oversee their assets is booming, tripling since 2019.
Sell My Votes
March 7, 2024 | Can you buy shareholder votes in a company, hoping to influence its corporate governance decisions, without buying more shares of stock explicitly? Yes, and it’s actually legal to do, though not hugely popular. Well, except in niche situations.
Gold Rush
March 6, 2024 | Bitcoin is soaring, and some say Bitcoin is “digital gold.” But how about regular gold? It’s enjoying a nice little run of its own.
Apple Stumbles
March 5, 2024 | One of the market’s most important stocks and a pillar of the “Magnificent 7” is off to a bumbling start for 2024. On Tuesday, Apple shares fell almost 3%, marking an over 8% decline for the year.
Thanks, Big Tech
March 4, 2024 | Bitcoin is booming, tech stocks are flying, and monetary policy is softening as the Fed contemplates cuts. It feels like 2020 and 2021 again. Yet, a common response to market euphoria back then pointed to the four-letter acronym “ZIRP,” which stands for Zero Interest Rate Phenomenon.
Liquid Gold
March 3, 2024 | With the rapid growth in alternative investments over the past 10 years, Jeremy Kasler was surprised to find one asset that had flown under the radar. Bourbon.
Inflationary Range
April 17, 2024 | 2% this, 2% that, yeah, yeah — we’ve all heard it before: 2% is the Fed’s inflation target. Why 2%, though? It’s a question starting to float around Wall Street.
Too Much Stuff
April 16, 2024 | At the surface, China’s economy is humming along — new Q1 GDP showed that the country grew at an impressive 5.3% annual rate, well above most forecasts.
Resilient Growth Masks Debt
April 15, 2024 | Few areas of markets and economies are as black and white as textbooks portray them. Often, they’re a mixed picture full of gray areas and surprise. That’s most definitely the case about economic growth and avoiding a major recession.
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