Munis Vulnerable to Fed Policy Shift
6/16/21: The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), the rate-setting arm of the Fed, is meeting Tuesday and […]
Assessing the Markets with Cresset’s Five Factors
6/3/21: Fueled by the prospect of reopening, most major equity markets have enjoyed double-digit gains for the […]
How to Handle the Looming, Likely Capital Gains Tax Hike
5/26/21: Federal deficits are brimming at levels not seen since World War II: the most recent $1.9 […]
Is the Fed Wrong on Inflation?
5/25/21: One of the latest debates circulating in the halls of the Federal Reserve is whether or […]
Preparing for Higher Tax Rates
5/18/21: Tax rates will soon be on the rise. We heard about it on the campaign trail, […]
The Rising Risk, and Cost, of Cyberattacks
5/18/21: Gasoline prices spiked 9 cents/gallon over the weekend. The move was not prompted by a sudden […]
Higher Tax Rates = More Pressure on Active Management
5/18/21: Active management, which has been under pressure for decades, is now facing a potential new headwind: […]
Blockchain and the Banking System
5/18/21: Blockchain, the distributed ledger that boasts immutable accounting, is gaining trust among its users. Hosted by […]
Strategy in a Race-to-the-Bottom Global Tax Environment
Over the years, Americans have migrated from the North and East to the South and West as they put away their business attire, both blue and white collar, and kicked …
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Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Going
The US economy feels like an ash-emitting volcano ready to erupt. A favorable combination of pandemic fatigue, COVID-19 vaccinations (currently covering more than 30 per cent of the US population), …
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Why Own Bonds?
Thanks to a rush of vaccines, COVID-19 infection rates are plunging. Confirmed cases in the US are running at an average daily rate of about 53,000, half the rate of …
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Big Government is Back
The Biden administration has passed a massive $1.9 trillion stimulus program designed to get checks into the hands of low-income Americans. This program represents the liberal policy shift in politics …
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Inflation Is Coming, but How High and for How Long?
The volatile blend of pent-up demand, a stockpile of household cash and government stimulus checks is expected to erupt into a price spike later this year as the US economy …
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When Good News Is Bad News
Investors often have unique, sometimes even peculiar, ways of interpreting news. These days, it seems, good economic news is being translated into bad market news thanks to rising interest rates. …
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What Trend Acceleration Could Mean for Gold
The COVID-19 pandemic not only turned our world upside down, but it helped to accelerate trends that were already in motion long before we knew what COVID meant. Remote working …
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The Risks and Rewards of SPAC Investing
Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles (SPACs), lately have become a popular way for private companies to go public. Also known as “blank-check” companies, SPACs enable sponsors to raise capital through an …
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