Charlie Munger, Warren Buffett’s right-hand man at Berkshire Hathaway, made an interesting comment this morning on CNBC that echos what I’ve been saying about U.S. wealth and income inequality: Recently, some…
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It is often said that one should never discuss religion or politics as you are going to wind up offending someone. In the financial world it is mentioning the “R”…
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“That is some crazy talk” – Bill Gates on the topic of MMT In our article, MMT Sounds Great in Theory… But, we dove into the latest and greatest of…
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My concerns about the U.S. automobile bubble are being confirmed. As Bloomberg reports: More Americans than ever are at least three months behind on their auto loans, a sign that…
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President Trump often tweets about the strength and health of the U.S. economy, and two weeks ago, he tweeted that the U.S. economy was the Gold Standard throughout the World….
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In this 4-part RIA series, I urge investors to develop their “Gut Box,” and not remain blindfolded to the stories that are churned out by Wall Street and regurgitated by…
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In this past weekend’s missive, we discussed the market stalling at the 200-dma. To wit: “We said then the most likely target for the rally was the 200-dma. It was…
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Bill Dudley, who is now a senior research scholar at Princeton University’s Center for Economic Policy Studies and previously served as president of the New York Fed and was vice-chairman…
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MarketWatch published a piece today called “It’s been almost 100 years since America’s 1% had this much wealth“: It’s not fashionable to wear flapper dresses and do the Charleston, but…
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Ever since the market plunge and sharp reversal late last year, the financial markets have been trading in a truly bizarre, confusing manner. A Bloomberg piece describes this dynamic well…
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Many investment advisors and money managers have a little secret. They will proudly tell you that they rely heavily on fundamental analysis, carefully weighing earnings, market share, competitive environment and…
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At RIA Advisors, we do ongoing research on investments for managing client portfolios, of course. And we recently reassessed some popular bond funds. The results might be interesting for readers….
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If you haven’t heard about Modern Monetary Theory, or “MMT” for short, by now, you will soon. It is highly likely that MMT will be increasingly touted by economists and…
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In early-January, I wrote a piece called “Watch This Bitcoin Triangle” in which I showed a triangle-shaped chart pattern that I believed foreshadowed another sharp move upon a breakout or…
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Business Insider published a piece this week called “China’s hopes of becoming the world’s largest economy are hitting a major roadblock“: China’s economy is growing at its slowest pace in…
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Economics on Gilligan’s Island Famed economist Henry Hazlitt wrote the economics classic, Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest and Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics. The book is quite popular…
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The Bull Market in complacency has reappeared as the markets (again) disassociate from the real economy. An earnings recession appears increasingly likely (Always) listen to Warren Buffett “I didn’t come…
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“Some people boast of selling at the top of the market and buying at the bottom – I don’t believe this can be done.” – Bernard Baruch. In Part 1, I…
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On December 25th, I penned “My Christmas Wish” where in I stated that is was “now or never” for the bulls to make a stand. “If we take a look…
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Maybe you don’t like a lot of fuss as an investor, and you want to buy-and-hold a simple portfolio for the long term. That’s fine, but you do have to…
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