Young investors are taking on personal debt to invest in stocks. I have not personally witnessed such a thing since late 1999. At that time, “day traders” tapped credit cards and home equity loans to leverage their investment portfolios.
To understand the World, you must understand the trends in technology and innovation that has brought us to this point and that will carry us to the next plateau.
As we approach the end of the summer, Covid-19 health risks remain prevalent. The new delta variant continues to shed uncertainty around a robust economic recovery. Amid the new variant’s increasing infection rates (even in vaccinated individuals), the Federal Reserve announced that the in-person plans for the Jackson Hole symposium would be replaced with a virtual event on August 27, 2021.
Drawing conclusions about the state of mind of consumers from one month to the next can be dangerous to your wealth. Our spending can be episodic at times but when you look back over one year, it’s highly predictable.
Drawing conclusions about the state of mind of consumers from one month to the next can be dangerous to your wealth. Our spending can be episodic at times but when you look back over one year, it’s highly predictable.
The biggest wildcard for U.S. inflation over the next year doesn’t come from used cars or airline fares. Instead, it is housing. At MAP, we spend much of our time reading. We want to point you to our favorite articles. Here is our weekly curation of our favorite reads.
For months, investors have been scaling what feels like an endless wall of worry. Each concern that gets resolved seems to spawn new uncertainties, yet the market has continued its relentless climb higher.
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