Economics & Investing

Sorry to interrupt the festivities Dave, but I think we’ve got a problem. – HAL 9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey) Global equity markets advanced during the second quarter, building on the first quarter’s strength. Investors, clamoring to board the Artificial Intelligence hype train, crowded into a concentrated basket of technology and technology-related stocks,...

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Our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street.

April 7, 2023by Mark Schumacher0

Janet Yellen’s quote is the basis for our first quarter Global Economic and Markets Review, in which we focus on the nexus between Main Street and Wall Street, the divergence between what bond investors seem to expect and what equity investors seem to expect, and why Janet Yellen’s statement is important for both over...

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Making Sense of the CARES Act Program for Small Business – Hint: It’s a First-Come, First-Served Program

April 1, 2020by Mark Schumacher0

Covid19 is a big problem for many small businesses, which often lack the financial resources to withstand a prolonged revenue slump. In an effort to ensure the Covid19 outbreak doesn’t become an economic depression, the U.S. Federal Government passed the CARES Act, which includes a $349 billion provision for small businesses, defined as those with...

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Through the eyes of a 10-year-old – The Fed’s Policy of Financial Repression is Suddenly Personal

December 5, 2019by Mark Schumacher0

I’ve written about the deleterious effects the Fed’s interest-rate setting policy is having on savers. Of course, as a saver, I have personal experience with the ramifications. But this weekend, my experience is about to get a whole lot more personal. About a month ago, my 10-year-old son begged me to take him to the...

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Why do we invest?

November 16, 2018by Mark Schumacher0

Why do we invest? A cursory review of popular financial media and financial industry marketing materials would lead one to believe that we invest because we want to “beat the market”. Whether it’s an index fund or other “passive” strategy claiming that the market can’t be beat (if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em), or...

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Rising Interest Rates – Is a Bond Bear Market Such a Bad Thing For Investors?

September 21, 2018by Mark Schumacher0

In the last few days, bonds have experienced a sharp upward movement in yields across all maturities, but especially so in what traders call “the belly of the curve”, maturities between 2 years and 10 years. And since bond yields and bond prices move inversely to each other, as bond yields have risen, bond prices...

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Sorry to interrupt the festivities Dave, but I think we’ve got a problem.

Our goal is to help Main Street, not Wall Street.

Making Sense of the CARES Act Program for Small Business – Hint: It’s a First-Come, First-Served Program

Through the eyes of a 10-year-old – The Fed’s Policy of Financial Repression is Suddenly Personal

Why do we invest?

Rising Interest Rates – Is a Bond Bear Market Such a Bad Thing For Investors?

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