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Consumer spending and business investment point to stronger underlying growth than the headline GDP figure suggests, but a shrinking... Read More

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As fears spread over a possible artificial intelligence bubble, some tech investors say: Bring it on. Read More

Corporate insiders haven't been this bearish in 20 years. Read More

Mark Esposito & Aurélie Jean argue that with the right incentives, the technology could enable previously unimagined human activities. Read More

Waiting for a disaster to save us. Read More

Everyone sucks at something. In a baseball sense, that’s why “five tool” players are paid so well. They can not only hit... Read More

The long, hot summer can drive men to strange places. The stifling weather tests our collective powers of reason, like air-conditioners... Read More

“Kids today don’t go to the movies.” I hear this all the time from fellow parents and Generation Xers. “It’s... Read More

A day at the ballpark is a classic American story – a story of community, tradition, and pure joy. It’s a story written not just... Read More

Less than three weeks before the midterm elections, America’s most reliable voting bloc will receive notice of higher healthcare costs. Read More

America stands at a crossroads that will define her power for generations on end. Read More

These 10 assets allow you to prioritize stability and low risk without ignoring returns. Read More

What a thrilling time for soccer fans everywhere. For the past six weeks, the World Cup saw people from Buenos Aires to Barcelona, to... Read More

A developing African nation embarrasses the Golden State. Read More

After Brent crude roundtripped the war-driven jump, recently renewed fighting has it popping up again with prices hitting $100 last week... Read More

When they were young, I used to give my daughters little bags of chips.  Turns out, my oldest would take some of her sisters’... Read More

The Nobel Prize-winning economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek dedicated his great book, The Road to Serfdom – which opposes excessive... Read More

Leonidas Montes has spent a whole career thinking about what the eighteenth century Scotsman was trying to say. Read More

Our Founders did something that the Kings and Queens of Europe never did, something that made America the country it is today—they gave... Read More

The hardest work is only beginning: rebuilding the institutions that will transform a false State into a real one. Read More

Six more companies are set to join the federal government’s rapidly expanding corporate portfolio, bringing the total to 30 by our... Read More

Federal Reserve (Fed) Governor Chris Waller recently said that sternly staring at inflation until it melts before our withering gaze is not... Read More

Some thoughts on our new Porterhouse momentum strategy. Read More

The market is now providing information to the Fed instead of the Fed trying to manipulate the direction of rates.  Read More

A study by the EU shows that life in Europe is better. Quelle surprise.  Read More

Abdicating responsibility or fortifying the markets with anti-fragility serum? Read More

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Despite the prospect of higher interest rates, REITs are having their best run in years. Read More

CDS spreads have started to widen out for names in AI, and the market is asking three fundamental questions:  Read More

Cheap stocks have not performed well, but the core idea is still sound. Read More

Asset location can enhance the effectiveness of your allocation by strategically placing assets across account types to improve after-tax... Read More

The most valuable lessons from a great investment database. Read More