Productivity primer: It’s all about the crust
What is productivity, and how does it contribute to income and growth for investors?
Beyond the election
For the second time in only a few months, a major voting decision has delivered an unexpected result. The victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential election was largely unexpected and, following the old adage that “markets don’t like uncertainty,” may cause a global spike in volatility.
U.S. stock market: What are you really buying?
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?
Left behind
Today technology allows companies to do more with less. However, the extraordinary rate of change can expose a gap between those that seize new opportunities and industries grappling to keep pace.
Income IS the outcome
We’re expected to live much longer than our parents and grandparents. That’s great news. Yet it begs the question: How do we pay for it?
What Pokémon Go can teach us about investing
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.
