Investments

Volatility is back! After an abnormally calm 2017 in the financial markets, volatility returned this year. With about 2 weeks...

Inversion At the end of this month we will pass an economic milestone. Since the trough in June 2009, the US...

Thoughts on the Market Volatility has returned to the equity markets. As of the market close yesterday, the S&P 500 is...

The Long, Steady Grind 2017 has been a strong year in the equity markets, however the lack of volatility has been...

The announcement in June that Amazon is buying Whole Foods Market was not eye-opening from a financial standpoint. The $13.7...

The Lexus and the Olive Tree is a book published in 1999 by Thomas Friedman. The book focuses on the...

International Trade & Political Debate International trade is at the forefront of political debate, and the chorus of protectionists is growing...

Sluggish Labor Productivity The US economy continued its slow growth trajectory during the first quarter with the first reading of GDP...

When Will Markets Improve? When will the stock market stop declining? How much worse will it get? These are common questions...

Since the end of the Great Recession in 2009 the unemployment rate has decreased from 10.0% to 5.0%, and over...