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10 Nov Weekly Reads: 11/06/2017

Posted at 14:30h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Retirement, Stocks

The Week's Best Articles: Week of November 6th, 2017 Hedge Funds: A Survival Guide For Coming Hedge Fund War - click here Steady markets (whether up or down) are not favorable for hedge funds. Combine this with high fees and low returns (aka big losses) during the most recent market collapses...

03 Nov Weekly Reads: 10/30/2017

Posted at 14:00h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Retirement, Stocks, Taxes

The Week's Best Articles: Week of October 30th, 2017 Growth: One Economist's View of the GDP Figures - click here With the recent release of quarterly GDP data reaching 3% there is ample room for some confusion about what it really means. On one hand the GOP wants to highlight...

23 Oct Weekly Reads: 10/23/2017

Posted at 14:30h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Retirement, Stocks

The Week's Best Articles: Week of October 23rd, 2017 Federal Reserve: One Economists Vote for John Taylor as the new Fed Chair - click here This economist examines the role of the Fed and why he believes John Taylor would be the best choice of the current candidates. While...

20 Oct Weekly Reads: 10/16/2017

Posted at 14:30h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Stocks

The Week's Best Articles: Week of October 16th, 2017 Investing: Whiskey Following Scotch's High End Strategy - click here The last few years has seen a major uptick in the popularity of high-end scotch globally. Now some of the major whiskey labels are attempting to replicate their cousins success. ...

13 Oct Weekly Reads: 10/09/2017

Posted at 11:17h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Retirement, Stocks

The Week's Best Articles: Week of October 9th, 2017 Retail: The New Target Customer - 26 Year Old Millennial - click here The WSJ examines how retailers target demographic has shifted and the steps that America's major retailers are taking to meet this new customer. As has been discussed...

06 Oct Weekly Reads: 10/02/2017

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

The Week's Best Articles: Week of October 2nd, 2017 Investing: Taking Investment Advice from a Lottery Winner - click here The author of this good blog outlines a key feature that many beginning investors fall victim too, trying to emulate "wealthy" investors. The reality is there are many ways...

29 Sep Weekly Reads: 09/25/2017

Posted at 15:00h in Best Articles, Economy, Fixed Income, Investing, Michael Stock, Personal Finance, Politics, Retirement, Stocks

The Week's Best Articles: Week of September 25th, 2017 Real Estate: Department Stores Still Hold Power of Landlords - click here The department store business model has been under fire over the past several years as more business is completed online. In an environment like this it would be...

22 Sep Weekly Reads: 09/18/2017

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

The Week's Best Articles: Week of September 18th, 2017 Tech: Insurance Companies Turning to Tech - click here Reuters examines how tech firms are beginning to help insurance companies handle claims (and even mitigate risk) by using newly developed technology. This intersection of "traditional" business and new technologies is...

15 Sep Weekly Reads: 09/11/2017

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

The Week's Best Articles: Week of September 11th, 2017 Innovation: Want to Protect a Drug Patent? Sell It To A Indian Tribe - click here Drug companies have long sought ways to protect their intellectual property. Recently Allergan PLC put into place a novel strategy to protect one of...

12 Sep Protecting Yourself Following the Equifax Data Breach

Posted at 08:51h in Personal Finance, Zack Wolf

Last week, consumer credit reporting agency Equifax reported a major security breach, affecting data for more than 140 million Americans. The breach reportedly exposed personal data that included names, addresses, birth dates, Social Security numbers and other information that could be used by criminals to...