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
4/13/21: Over the years, Americans have migrated from the North and East to the South and West […]
What Trend Acceleration Could Mean for Gold
3/3/21: The COVID-19 pandemic not only turned our world upside down, but it helped to accelerate trends […]
The Risks and Rewards of SPAC Investing
2/23/21: Special Purpose Acquisition Vehicles (SPACs), lately have become a popular way for private companies to go […]
The Revenge of the Retail Investors
1/27/21: Equity markets have staged a dramatic rebound from the depths of the pandemic-induced selloff last March, […]
Cresset’s Five Themes for 2021
Cresset’s Five Themes for 2021 RECEIVE JACK’S MARKET UPDATES YOLO Spending Will Pressure Prices 1/6/21: The global […]
The Promise of Personalized Medicine
11/24/20: Even though most Americans will be celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday closer to home and with fewer […]
The Promise and Problems of Reshoring
10/21/20: The global pandemic laid bare the vulnerabilities created by producing goods offshore. Shortages of personal protective […]
The Changing Face of Higher Education
9/1/20: Colleges and universities, like most economic sectors, have been turned upside down by COVID-19. Most schools […]
The Implications of Digital Isolationism
Ever since the advent of the Internet, the World Wide Web has truly spanned the globe, fostering […]
What Gold Can Do for Your Portfolio
Is gold a haven, or a risk asset? This question rekindles my memory of an old Saturday […]
Which Risks Are You Willing to Shoulder to Maximize Yield?
Finding acceptable income in today’s low-yield world is an arduous endeavor. That’s because the fixed-income market is […]
Health or Wealth? The Policymakers’ Dilemma
America’s COVID lockdown is entering its third month and plans to relax restrictions and open economies are […]
COVID-19 Helicopter Money and Moral Hazard
US policymakers, both fiscal and monetary, have been very supportive in mitigating the consequences of the economic […]