The Trade War Is Exposing What Little U.S. Tech China Still Needs click for interactive graphic Source: Bloomberg Very cool interactive graphic showing a variety of key technology components,...
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Economist Arthur Laffer and author Anand Giridharadas discuss inequality, billionaires and oligarchy in the US. The Great Inequality Debate Source: Aljazeera
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The transcript from this week’s MIB: Chris Brightman, Research Affiliates’ CIO, is below. You can stream/download the full conversation, including the podcast extras on Apple iTunes, Bloomberg,...
SEC’s New ‘Best Interest’ Rule Is Far From Best for Investors The brokerage industry has again skirted the need to put investors first. Bloomberg, June 24, 2019. The past decade has seen a...
Welcome to Summer! Kick it off with our morning train reads: • Interest Rates Around the World Are Coming Down. What Investors Need to Know. (Barron’s) • Welcome to the Age of Surveillance...
Three years after Britain voted (June 23, 2016) to leave the European Union, warning signals for the U.K. economy are finally beginning to flash red. That’s a change. Until last December,...
The asymmetries are piling up and we're cracking under the weight.
Judging by the record-high stock market and the record-low unemployment rate, the "recovery" has reached new heights of prosperity. Academics and think-tankers viewing the global...
My easy like Sunday morning reads: • Changing the Ratio (Reformed Broker) • How Pimco Is Trying to Change The World (Barron’s) • Live Rich, Die Poor (A Teachable Moment) • Your Professional...
From the Lefsetz Letter Don’t feel bad that you don’t know what’s going on, today no one knows what is going on. Do ignore the trolls, what they’re looking for is a reaction, and once you give...
Our society has a legal structure of self-rule and ownership of capital, but in reality it is a Neofeudal Oligarchy.
The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000 is not an easy, breezy read; its length and detail are daunting.
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This week, we speak with Chris Brightman, chief investment officer and partner at Research Affiliates (RAFI). He was a member of the Investment Fund for Foundations (TIFF), the Virginia Retirement...
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Trader Joes French Roast coffee, grab a seat on the boat, and get ready for our longer form weekend reads: • There’s a Legal Loophole That May Leave...
Succinct Summations for the week ending June 21st, 2019 Positives: 1. Markets continued their rally, adding 3 percent for the week. 2. FOMC did not think the economy was soft enough to warrant a...
``While much of the rest of the world has continued to follow a slow, steady decline in the average workweek, the U.S. has gone in the opposite direction, especially among high-skill, high-wage workers: fewer vacation days taken, more overtime...
How to Invest and Profit in the Next Recession A slump is likely in the next year or so. There are ways to prepare for it. Bloomberg, June 17, 2019 Ever since the Great Recession ended in June...
My end of week morning train reads: • How Green Is My Bond? (CIO) • Slack: A short history (Andreessen Horowitz) • What’s Wrong With Modern Buildings? Everything, Starting With How They’re Made...
The gorgeous mid-engined, two-seat Dino was introduced in 1967 as the 206GT. The Dino’s beautiful body was designed by Pininfarina and produced by Scaglietti. The early versions featured an all...
Legendary financial journalist and author Bethany McLean launches her new podcast, Making a Killing, and she’ll be interviewing writers who’ve done outstanding pieces covering the markets,...
The rest of us eat our losses, either all at once or in bitter bites as we trudge through the financial wasteland left after bubbles burst.
The news that the Federal Reserve Casino is giving away free gambling chips triggered a frenzied rush that...
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“The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.” –Not John Maynard Keynes I am reading a pretty good book by an industry expert that (like so many others) is a...
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