My morning train reads: • Canopy CEO Bruce Linton Is Your Friendly Canadian Weed Guy (Bloomberg) • Amazon closing in on Google, Facebook digital ad market duopoly (Philadelphia Inquirer) see also...
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"My colleagues and I have one overarching goal, to sustain the economic expansion," Powell told a press conference following the decision. He noted that apparent progress on trade talks had "turned to greater uncertainty" and many Fed officials...
Source: Fast Company This is a fairly astonishing datapoint: “According to a genetic analysis by UCLA in 2010, what we call dogs today likely originated as gray wolves about 33,000 years ago in...
The political moment when the "losers" connect their discontent and decline with central bankers is approaching.
The Ruling Elites' Chattering Classes still haven't absorbed the key lesson of the 2016 U.S. presidential election: the percentage of...
With the long-awaited Libra white paper, Facebook is showing off its blockchain smarts, and making a bid for crypto credibility. Released Tuesday morning, the 29-page paper describes a protocol designed to evolve as it powers a new global...
My Bloomberg column on Monday was headlined, “How to Invest and Profit in the Next Recession. I discussed 4 things you should do in anticipation of whenever the next economic contraction happens...
BlockState is offering its own tokenised shares to demonstrate how token-based issuances of financial products can be used to flexibly...
My morning train reads: • NBA All-Star Tony Parker Looks to Save Athletes From Blowing Their Fortunes (Bloomberg) • Inflation Is Dead: What’s Needed to Reanimate It? (CIO) • The Bitcoin Scam:...
How can technology solve some common investing issues? That was the question Jonathan Stein had been mulling over. We spoke with the founder and CEO of Betterment, about how the idea for an online...
The system is broken, and the managerial elite will keep it broken because it serves their interests to keep it broken.
America's managerial elite came to do good and stayed to do well--at the expense of everyone beneath them. Now that they've...
Mortgage Elimination Company Owner Jacqueline Graham Convicted In $38 Million Scam
10 Things People in Finance Should Never Say These trite and vapid statements deserve a decent but hasty burial. Bloomberg, June 10, 2019 What phrase makes you cringe? What commonly used...
My Two-for-Tuesday morning train reads: • Stay in the Game (Albert Bridge Capital) • Are McMansions Making People Any Happier? (The Atlantic) see also A Growing Problem in Real Estate: Too Many...
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The transcript from this week’s MIB: Jonathan Stein, founder and CEO of Betterment, is below. You can stream/download the full conversation, including the podcast extras on Apple...
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 Today, I want to discuss the next...
Quicken Loans Throws In The Towel And Agrees To Settle DOJ's False Claims Act Lawsuit For $32.5 Million
My back to work morning train reads: • The Rate Cut the Economy Doesn’t Need, but the Markets Desperately Want (Barron’s) • Meatless Future or Vegan Delusions? The Beyond Meat Valuation (Musings...
My friend Meb Faber of Cambria Investments referenced these charts via Amundi in his research email list. (You can sign up here) Several charts caught my eye — emerging markets remain attractively...
All asset "wealth" in credit-asset bubble dependent economies is contingent and ephemeral.
A funny thing happens to "wealth" in a bubble economy: it only remains "wealth" if the owner sells at the top of the bubble and invests the proceeds in an...
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