Wall Street earnings forecasts suggest a rosy outlook, but trends in corporate payouts tell a very different story. Bloomberg asked us to summarize a recent client note on the importance…
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BookTrek: A Review of “The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies”
The Authors Erik Brynjolfsson Andrew McAfee Backgrounds (From the back cover of the paperback edition): Erik Brynjolfsson is the director of the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy and one…
The Real Threats to the Equity Bull Market
To continue, high valuations and low volatility require stable economic growth and predictable earnings. I read a lot of commentary that essentially says “US equity market volatility has to…
Stocks Need Tax Reform Now More Than Ever
Evidence suggests that corporate earnings are closer to a cyclical peak than a trough. Do you think U.S. corporate tax reform is coming before mid-term elections? No? You aren’t…
Book Trek: A Review of “Before Babylon, Beyond Bitcoin – From Money That We Understand To Money That Understands Us”
The Author David Birch Background: Director of Innovation at Consult Hyperion, a consultancy the author helped to found. He is a widely quoted expert on digital identity and digital currency,…
Book Trek: A Review of “400 Things Cops Know – Street-Smart Lessons from a Veteran Patrolman”
The Author Adam Plantinga Background: A career police officer with a B.A. in English and a second major in Criminology/Law Studies from Marquette University, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa…