That Darn Inflation Train
Markets seem to be rounding out 2021 swimmingly. Tech heavy S&P 500 is trading higher by more than 20% and we’re even starting to see some life out of diversifying asset classes such as emerging markets, international and, don’t look now, but even gold seems to be...
Raising the Caution Flag
For many years it has been difficult to remain bullish. We have faced political uncertainty, deficit and debt concerns, meteoric valuations as well as trade and tariff wars. Throw in a 35% market decline on the heels of Covid and one may actually ponder the sanity...
Inflation Protect Your Savings
The purpose of your emergency fund savings is to be there when you need it, not generate return. Still, it would be nice if these funds kept up with inflation so that the dollars you save there today have the same buying power when the time comes that you need...
Hear me out…
Once the government started writing checks it was clear to me it was game on for inflationary pressure. We felt so strongly about that theme that we hosted a series of webinars entitled ‘The Inflationary Freight Train.’ Each of these Zoom webinars was registered to...
Advanced Child Tax Credit
Did you miss the June 28th unenrollment deadline for the advanced child tax credit payments? If you did, do not be alarmed. Social media has been buzzing lately over these advanced payments and what they could mean for your overall tax picture. The advanced child...
CPI 5%…Market Jumps to New Highs
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...
Transitory or Lasting Inflation? Yes
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...
It’s Happening
Several months ago we hosted a webinar entitled The Inflationary Freight Train. During our time together we looked at the history of monetary induced inflation going all the way back to the Roman Empire. We walked through the 1950s and the 1970s and landed on where...
CNBC – Inflation on the Rise
Quint sits down with the folks from CNBC to discuss inflationary concerns, input pricing and investment decisions in this environment....
The Last Piece of the Puzzle
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...
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