Dec 5, 2016

Bond rates have ticked up slightly of late, but the rates may not last, and over $13 trillion dollars worth of government bonds worldwide are now paying negative interest rates to investors.  Japan had plenty of buyers for a fifty-year bond paying exactly zero percent! Steve and Sinclair review a Wall Street Journal...

Dec 2, 2016

How do churches invest their money? :  The Church of England has a portfolio valued at around $8.7 billion dollars, invested in assets including timber and hedge funds, and the Vatican has billions of assets tied up in real estate and private equity. Learn how a nunnery in Germany invests--Steve and Sinclair have the...

Dec 1, 2016

Experts increasingly believe that a big part of the estimated $2.5 trillion dollars in profits held overseas by companies such as Apple, Microsoft, GE, and Pfizer  could be heading back to the U.S. soon, a move analysts say could further fuel the U.S. dollar’s powerful rally and jump start Trumponomics. Steve and...

Nov 30, 2016

Why are more people working longer?  Workers age 50 or older now comprise 33.4% of the U.S. labor force, up from 25% in 2002. And more than 60% of workers age 65 or older now hold full-time positions, up from 44% in 1995. Is it by choice or necessity.  Learn the surprising  answer as Steve and Sinclair review the new...

Nov 29, 2016

Have you heard about the biotech stock that is poised to triple in the next 90 days? Biotech stocks have taken a beating for quite some time but investors still keep looking for that one stock that will cure dementia or arthritis. Find out what a prominent Certified Financial Analyst has to say about the difference...