Retirement

May 2021 – Horror Movie Stock

Finance, Insight, Retirement, US Equities

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655390438084{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Fans of classic horror movies love and expect the typical cliches like victims attempting to escape in a car that won’t start or a group of clueless teenagers taking refuge in an ominous looking haunted house. As viewers, we can’t help but groaning aloud “No! Don’t go […]

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April 2021 – Liquidity Drought

Finance, Insight, Passive, Retirement, US Equities

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1655389756150{padding-top: 15px !important;padding-right: 60px !important;padding-left: 60px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]As investors watch the Federal Reserve continue its stunning balance sheet expansion, the financial media often touts how the US central bank is “flooding the markets with liquidity.” Is this really the case? Are stocks making new highs in every month so far in 2021 on heavy buy

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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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