I’ve had the privilege of being a CNBC commentator for over 14 years now. Prior to Covid I would often travel to the studios in Englewood Cliffs and participate in a full hour show talking stocks, markets and the economy. Sometimes, I’ll write about how this all came...
Sometime during Covid we launched our first Zoom webinar entitled the Inflationary Freight Train. Many wondered just why we would be concerned about such a topic when the economy had screeched to a halt, consumer spending was nonexistent and inflation was nowhere to...
The economists got it wrong during and after the financial crisis because they incorrectly predicted where money would flow. You may remember the dire inflationary predictions during the experimental rounds of QE1, 2 and what turned out to be QE infinity. Their...
I had already gained at least 20 lbs. and had only been on the desk for a year. I could feel the additional weight with each step, but it didn’t stop me from walking across the street to the gas station for a candy bar and soda. It was 9 am but I didn’t care and just...
Just yesterday I drove from Charlotte, NC to Lexington. It was a quick, unexpected trip to Charlotte and while my career in finance isn’t considered ‘essential,’ when I’m needed by a client, I go. When I arose yesterday morning before hitting the road, I wanted to get...
When I was a Junior in college, I had an Etrade account and the market was going hog wild. It was 1998/1999 and the tech boom was on. I had been a value investor since 12 and understood how to buy high quality companies, preferably at a discount and hold them for a...
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