In an industry largely characterized by a lack of corporate accountability and conflicts of interest, we want to be the outspoken financial mavericks you can turn to for advice and straight-forward, unfiltered opinions. Really, we mean it. And when it comes to...
Expense ratios can be confusing. What are they? What do they reveal about a fund? Why should you, as an investor, care about any of this? Understanding expense ratios is important if you have invested in a fund (or ever plan to). Whether we’re talking about Exchange...
A lot of people ask how our MONCON Recession Plan works. I’m going to refrain from discussing the exact data it looks at, but in general, it’s data that are representing the economic cycle. Economic cycles have a fairly predictable chain that can provide signs of...
I’ve been working in wealth management for over two decades now. It’s changed a lot, mostly for the better, but the one thing that has remained consistent is investor behavior. One of the most often repeated statements I hear from investors is something along the...
I received a lot of great feedback and encouragement on yesterday’s video, and wanted to further dive into two questions that have come up: What did I mean by “distortion”? Why does a yield curve actually cause a recession? Interesting to note that the current...
What is the Yield Curve Distortion? Putting things into perspective…There are trillions of dollars of debt that are exposed to negative interest rates. (For example, this means, when you give the bank $100 bucks, they give you $96 back.) That sucks! The U.S. has the...
