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Managing Debt Crises

January 18, 2023 | Debt crises and financial panics have transcended time and space, rearing their ugly heads across nearly every major civilization to have ever existed. 

King Cheese

January 17, 2023 | Believe it or not, it's cheese. See, since 1953, the regional bank Credito Emiliano (known locally as Credem) has accepted giant wheels of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese as collateral for small-business loans. 

First Who, Then What

January 15, 2023 | In the above quote, Collins states that in an uncertain world, we must double down on the "first who" principle.

Securities Fraud

January 13, 2023 | Warren Buffett has said, "Investing is not a game where the guy with the 160 IQ beats the guy with the 130 IQ. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing."

Insight Information

January 12, 2023 | Today, we welcomed back my former co-writer and friend, Patrick Donley, who now hosts our Real Estate Investing podcast, to share his thoughts on "insight information."

Dollar Death Cross

January 11, 2023 | When much of Wall Street stayed bullish into 2022, Dan Niles diverged from the crowd, signaling to investors a simple motto for the year: Don't fight the Fed. 

Loan Forgiveness

January 10, 2023 | Rebecca Hotsko, host of the Millennial Investing podcast, spoke with Lance Roberts to discuss what's ahead for the markets in 2023 and why a Fed pivot is not a sign that the pain is over for the stock market, rather that it is just the beginning. 

ETF Storm

January 09, 2023 | In 1978, Ken Langone invested early in Home Depot and became a cofounder with Arthur Blank and Bernard Marcus. They're now all billionaires, thanks largely to the enormous rise in Home Depot's stock price from $0.20 in 1983 to its all-time high of just over $400 in late 2021. 

Zen Master

January 08, 2023 | Long before it was popular, Ray Dalio credited much of his success leading the world's largest hedge fund to something simple: a daily meditation practice. 

The Critical Path

March 23, 2024 | “The hard part of running a business is that there are a hundred things that you could be doing, and only five of those actually matter, and only one of them matters more than all of the rest of them combined..."

Melting Iceberg

March 22, 2024 | Today, traditional mutual funds are in demise, suffering over $1 trillion in net outflows over the past two years with only one positive month of inflows in the past 25 months. They’re a “melting iceberg,” one investor told the FT.

Breaking Up Apple

March 21, 2024 | Is Apple a monopoly? U.S. regulators think so, at least in the smartphone space. On Thursday, the Department of Justice launched a landmark case against Apple, accusing the company of suppressing competitors across several domains, from smartwatches to messaging services and gaming apps.

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