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July 12, 2022 | There’s a lot of talk these days about whether the U.S., and much of the world, is in or about to enter a recession. The ins-and-outs of the business cycle are not always common knowledge, and in particular, we like the way that Cullen Roche thinks about it.

July 11, 2022 | Have you ever wanted to build a supremely durable portfolio that can last the test of time, not just decades, but centuries? If you’re Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater, the world’s largest hedge fund, then the answer is yes, and he calls it the “All-Weather Portfolio.”

July 8, 2022 | This morning, the much anticipated June jobs report from the Department of Labor showed that efforts to tame inflation with higher interest rates have not affected employment — yet.

July 7, 2022 | The world is deeply reliant on the U.S. dollar as a means for settling global trade and raising capital. While under the Bretton Woods System, which lasted from 1944–1971 and cemented the dollar’s role in global financing, many national currencies were pegged explicitly to the dollar...

July 6, 2022 | We will find out soon whether we are indeed in a recession. So long as the labor market remains strong and mass layoffs can be avoided, it’s unlikely that the recession will be severe, and for many, life will continue unchanged whether we are in a recession or not.

July 5, 2022 | At the end of last year, Chinese equities held an estimated market capitalization of $14.1 trillion USD, representing roughly 12.6% of the total global market cap, per S&P Global.

July 4, 2022 | Over the past few years, talks of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) concerns have come to increasingly dominate the investing world, as society demands more corporate responsibility.

April 19, 2022 | For many investors, if a stock has gone up a lot recently, say fifty or one hundred percent, they think they missed the opportunity. Back in 2017, Amazon’s stock was just about $900 per share. But, the good news is, you still have the TIP-equivalent of Amazon’s stock in 2018…