Regular readers know that on occasion we peek under the hood of AIEQ, a.k.a. The AI Powered ETF. It uses IBM Watson technology to “fully utilize artificial intelligence as a method…
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US Inflation 2 Ways: “Core” and Housing-Related
We’ll continue our discussion about US inflation today with 2 separate topics: #1: Do “core” Consumer Price Index (CPI) or Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) Price Index data do a better…
Inflation: 1960 – 1982, Lessons for Today
A longtime finance industry friend with +30 years on the clock recently asked us “what was the history of US inflation before and during the runup of the 1970s/1980s and…
Normal Markets: Are We There Yet?
When will things get back to normal? That will likely end up being 2021’s most asked question pretty much everywhere on planet Earth. Sitting in midtown Manhattan as I write this…
10-Year Lookahead Survey Results
Thanks to everyone who took our “DataTrek 10-Year Lookahead Survey”! We had several comments to the effect that “the questions encouraged me to think about asset allocation in some novel ways”,…
Big Tech Earnings Leverage: The Short Stick
If you’ve ever hammered out an earnings model you know the concept of earnings leverage, defined as “the rate of change in corporate earnings is usually greater than the rate…