The Week's Best Articles: Week of December 25th, 2017
Investing: Reasons Behind the Falling Number of Companies - click here
One of the impacts of interesting trends over the past several years has been the hesitancy of many large private companies to go public. Vanguard issued this whitepaper looking...
The Week's Best Articles: Week of December 18th, 2017
Tax Bill: GOP Tax Bill Would Set Up Years of Challenges - click here
Investors' focus this week is likely to be centered around the proposed (and perhaps new law) tax code changes. While we are hesitant to use the word...
The Week's Best Articles: Week of December 11th, 2017
Retail: Amazon & Whole Foods Deal a Boon to Delivery Startups - click here
A great deal of attention was given to the Whole Foods sale to Amazon. While most of the press focused around the changes at Whole Foods a...
The Week's Best Articles: Week of December 4th, 2017
Economy: The Great Recession Is Still With Us - click here
In a somewhat down trodden article, the Atlantic takes a look at where we have arrived at from the depths of the Great Recession. As we have discussed frequently income growth...
The Week's Best Articles: Week of November 27th, 2017
Retail: Buying Local More Expensive Than It Seems? - click here
For those with an Economist subscription the magazine penned an interesting article regarding how expensive it is to "shop local." While consumers universally accept that doing so is more expensive...
The Week's Best Articles: Week of November 20th, 2017
Investing: Watch the Yield Curve - click here
Business Insider examines the predictive nature of an inverted yield curve with regards to both a stock market pullback and an economic recession. The inversion, or when long-term rates are lower than short-term...
The Week's Best Articles: Week of November 13th, 2017
Investing: General Electric Cuts Dividend 50% - click here
General Electric has a storied history as one of America's great industrial companies. Unfortunately based on their recent performance the company has rested on its laurels. At their annual meeting this week...
The House of Representatives passed the “Tax Cut and Jobs Act” yesterday in a 227-205 vote. While not an exhaustive summary of the 440-page legislation, I’ve highlighted a few items of interest from the bill below in a more digestible format:
Tax Brackets
The number of...
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...
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...
