…even when they became losers: fueled by federal stimulus and the shift to work-from-home, many stocks became huge winners practically overnight. But that growth became unsustainable as revenue and demand…
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Ackman: Aggressive Fed Or Market Collapse
…next rate-setting meeting for the Federal Open Market Committee will be June 14-15. At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, Ackman went on CNBC to warn about the…
Should You Own The Company You Work For?
…1974, profitable tax benefits became available to employers who created Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs), thanks to federal pension laws. Over 6200 American companies offer ESOPs, with 10.2 million active…
Should Investors Fear the Yield Curve Inversion?
…the Fed It is also important to keep in mind that the Federal Reserve has done a massive amount of buying in recent years further out on the yield curve….
It Shouldn’t Be Hard To Save For Retirement
…on aging investors who may be desperate to save but could also be experiencing age-related cognitive decline. Though the federal government has been encouraging companies to automatically enroll their employees…
Challenges for the 60/40 Balanced Investor in Today’s Market
…shows the massive rise in inflation in the current environment. The Federal Reserve has now signaled interest rates are likely to increase to combat inflation. It’s impossible to know if…
Stocks As Inflation Hedge Is The New Narrative
…out raising rates by half a point in May, and James Bullard, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, told Bloomberg that “monetary policy needs to be tightened…
Buyback Monsters: Searching For Value In Companies with the Biggest Buybacks
This article was originally published on Forbes Just a few years ago, stock buybacks were a political punching bag. Ultra-low interest rates and borrowing costs, courtesy of the Federal Reserve,…
Senate Passes Bill That Requires Judges To Post Stock Trades
Legislation that will require Supreme Court and federal judges to quickly post their stock trades and financial holdings online passed unanimously in the Senate, The Wall Street Journal reports. The…
Should Bitcoin Be 5% Of Allocators’ Portfolios?
…the article argues. Without a higher level of safety or regulation, investors won’t move to make the full Bitcoin allocation. Given that there’s bipartisan support in the federal government for…