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18 Aug Weekly Reads: 8/14/2017

Posted at 14:15h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance

The Week's Best Articles: Week of August 14th, 2017 Autos: Self-Driving Cars to Transform Work for 1 in 9 Working Americans - click here Tesla, Apple and the other large auto manufacturers are at the forefront of the search to commercialize self-driving technology. The WSJ examines how this research,...

11 Aug Weekly Reads: 8/7/2017

Posted at 15:15h in Best Articles, Economy, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance

The Week's Best Articles: Week of August 7th, 2017 Employment: Who Is Hiring and Who is Not - click here Last week the jobs report came out and showed yet another strong month of job gains. In this article Bloomberg attempts to make sense of this information to identify...

04 Aug Weekly Reeds: 7/31/2017

Posted at 13:00h in Best Articles, Economy, Investing, Michael Stock, Politics

The Week's Best Articles: Week of July 31st, 2017 Travel: U.S. Government To Solve "Case of Shrinking Airline Seat"? - click here Reuters examines a little known battle currently going on in court regarding the size/spacing of airline seats. The issue at question is whether or not the airlines...

02 Aug Why Medicaid Funding is Important For Muni Bond Investors

Posted at 10:15h in Economy, Michael Stock, Politics

After months of bickering it comes as little surprise to us that our elected officials in Washington D.C. were unable to come to an agreement on improving the health care system in the United States. The divisive nature of our political landscape makes solving challenging issues...

28 Jul Weekly Reeds: 7/24/2017

Posted at 16:30h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Retirement

The Week's Best Articles: Week of July 24th, 2017 Investing: Collapse of Safe Haven Assets? - click here Nikkei news examines the issue facing many central banks and risk-adverse investors in a rising interest rate environment. Specifically, that as rates rise the price of "safe haven assets" will likely...

21 Jul Weekly Reads: 07/17/2017

Posted at 16:30h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics

The Week's Best Articles: Week of July 17th, 2017 Media: Ways to Interrupt News With Unnamed Sources - click here Political news is filled with innuendos and unnamed sources. With such a divisive political landscape it is fair to wonder how truthful these sources, and as a result articles,...

18 Jul Are Investors Tired of Political Headlines?

Posted at 12:30h in Economy, Investing, Michael Stock

Volatility, or lack thereof, has been one of the key factors we have been watching over the last twelve months. Historically, indexes tracking market volatility and policy uncertainty have moved together, but recently they have diverged. The Global Economic Policy Uncertainty Index (GEPUI) which measures...

14 Jul Weekly Reads: 07/10/2017

Posted at 16:00h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Retirement

The Week's Best Articles: Week of July 10th, 2017 Innovation: How Uber Tried to Build a FedEx Competitor - click here Business Insider dives into how former CEO Kalanick envisioned challenging major delivery companies using Uber's network of drivers. While this initial dream failed (or appears to have for...

07 Jul Weekly Reads: 07/03/2017

Posted at 16:00h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance

The Week's Best Articles: Week of July 3rd, 2017 Inflation: A New Inflation Regime? - click here The author, James Hamilton from UC San Diego, examines whether or not we have entered into a new inflation regime. His analysis focuses on the role of the Phillips Curve in setting...

30 Jun Weekly Reads: 06/26/2017