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Are Sovereign Wealth Funds Roiling Global Financial Markets?

We’ve all be witnessing incredible selling pressure on financial markets all over the world, with new multi-year lows showing up in equities and various...

Financial Literacy In America: Questioning Its Use And Meaning Today

Financial literacy. On cue with stock market sell-offs, recessions, and economic slowdowns, rest assured that a spike in articles, commentary and op-eds lamenting our...

Global Market Update: China Weighs On Stocks And Oil

January was an eventful month, as stocks around the world had one of their worst starts in history. Many market commentators believe that the...

Could A Saudi De-Peg Cause A US Dollar Crash?

I have the best clients. Most of them are retired after successful careers. They understand investing and are able to differentiate between real market...

Capital Preservation Key As Global Market Risks Rise

The major market indexes ended Friday down between 2 and 3 percent, with the NASDAQ  taking the brunt of the damage down almost 3 percent....

Emerging Markets Face Multiple Headwinds And Risks In 2016

In the last ten years we’ve seen some pretty important financial events that rocked markets around the world. First was the bursting of the...

Big Bad China: The World’s Latest Economic Headache

It seems as though every day we are inundated with news out of China. Investors are already concerned. The offshore renminbi (CNH) is more...

Global Markets In Review: Will China Spur A Bear Market?

December was a fairly uneventful month as activity across the global markets was light due to various holidays.  On a personal note, I went...

Slowing Productivity Fast Becoming A Global Problem

In "The Fed And Its Self-Defeating Monetary Policy" we focused our discussion on U.S. productivity, but weak and slowing productivity growth is not just an...

9 Market Themes To Watch Heading Into 2016

First of all, I want to say that the purpose of this post is not to make predictions about the future, so if you're...

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