Finance

February 2021 – The Interest Rate Arsonist

Finance, Insight, Real Estate

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655390206138{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2020, 30-year mortgage rates declined from 3.45% to 2.67%. This means for a $500,000 house, 20% down-payment, and 30-year fixed mortgage, the monthly payment declined from $2068 to $1899. To think about this another way, someone borrowing at 2.67% could spend $550,000 and end up with the […]

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January 2021 – Bitcoin: When Fundamentals Overwhelm Technicals

Bitcoin, Finance, Insight, Passive, Retirement, US Equities

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655390492724{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Cryptocurrency Bitcoin enjoyed a tremendous rally in 2020, appreciating from about $7,000 to nearly $29,000, or roughly 315%. The Internet is littered with well-documented debates on the viability of Bitcoin and the sustainability of the rally itself. What do we believe is the most overlooked factor? The fundamentals

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December 2020 – Passive Market Share Update

Finance, Insight, Retirement

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655390293895{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] We have updated our paper on passive investing and its effects on US stocks. The paper is available for free download here.   Passive Ownership of Major Companies The largest three passive firms continued gobbling up shares of US equities in Q3 20. Below are the percentages of

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November 2020 – Finally Time for Value?

Finance, Insight, Retirement

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655390340944{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]As good vaccine news comes out, there have been some significant changes in stock market trends. Stay-at-home stocks, the momentum darlings of 2020 have lost their wings, while the extremely beaten-down value stocks have appreciated sharply. Is now finally the time, after years of momentum stocks leading the

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October 2020 Update

Finance, Insight

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655390385481{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] How will central banks and politicians, hooked on intervention react to slowing stock markets and economies? With more money-printing, of course! What does this mean for your money? Inflation may seem imminent, but we believe deflation comes first. There is a wider, more volatile set of outcomes

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