Major stock indexes hang near their all-time highs, while the number of public U.S. companies has plunged since the mid-1990s. What do these diverging trends mean for investors’ portfolios?

The Pokémon Go craze is a great way to think about alternatives. Investors are looking at the real world and choosing to chase something imaginary: growth.

In the words of Federal Reserve Chair Yellen, there is no reason for an expansion to “die of old age.” Why time alone does not increase the probability of a recession.

The Fed has made it clear that it plans to follow December’s rate hike with further “removal of policy accommodation.” But just how much accommodation is there left to remove?

Britain’s vote to exit the EU has caught markets wrong-footed. We saw firsthand the negative effects of the overhang of macro events earlier this year – China’s slowing growth, falling oil prices and Federal Reserve policy speculation.

There’s a glacier out there. It isn’t going to sink your boat, but it is sitting in the middle of the household balance sheet, freezing the income on savings.