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By Mike Larson On March 17, 202106:00 AM Eastern
As I sat down to write this piece, a segment about the launch of a new cruise line ran on television. Yes, a cruise line ...
Called Virgin Voyages and backed by British billionaire Richard...
By Mike Larson On March 10, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Whether we’re discussing “alternative investments” or “better stores of value,” serious investors look for assets that will protect and grow wealth despite — or even because of — weakness in that...
By Mike Larson On March 3, 202106:14 AM Eastern
The $1.9 trillion stimulus plan is nearing the finish line. House legislators just passed their version. The Senate is debating it now. And President Biden hopes to have a final bill to sign by...
By Mike Larson On February 24, 202104:16 PM Eastern
I’m not as young as I used to be — and, sometimes, my back reminds me of that fact.
I first hurt it several years ago, when we were moving into a new house. Now, every year or two, I seem to...
By Mike Larson On February 17, 202106:00 AM Eastern
Interest rates are on the rise again.
The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond just breached 2%. That’s more than double its March low and the highest level in a year.
The yield on the...
By Mike Larson On February 10, 202103:25 PM Eastern
The “dash for cash”: It’s what you often see among companies, consumers and investors when uncertainty rises and people are seeking protection from losses.
That’s not what we’re seeing today.
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By Mike Larson On February 3, 202103:39 PM Eastern
The Scottish poet and journalist Charles Mackay wrote 180 years ago about the “popular delusions and the madness of crowds” — how “whole communities suddenly fix their minds upon one object, and...
By Mike Larson On January 27, 202105:35 PM Eastern
Tuesday morning, just before 6:30 a.m. Eastern, Tesla Inc. (Nasdaq: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk tweeted, “I kinda love Etsy.”
That’s it; “that’s the tweet,” as the social-media-savvy like to say.
But...
By Mike Larson On January 20, 202104:05 PM Eastern
There’s a “Blue Wave” washing over Washington as Democrats take control of the appropriating and spending branches of the federal government.
That means more easy money for Wall Street — a...
By Mike Larson On January 13, 202104:18 PM Eastern
It may be a new year. But investors are facing the same old problem:
How to generate reliable, consistent, lifestyle-sustaining income.
Why? Interest rates and dividend yields were already low...