Water Cooler Wisdom: Second Quarter 2016

By Mack Bekeza Is the U.S the only place for long term returns? Although the United States has experienced one of the best bull markets in terms of duration and returns, investors have been wondering what is next. This past year has not been as invigorating as the prior few years and, on top of […]

Water Cooler Wisdom: Fourth Quarter 2015

“What, if anything, can the rest of the world do to mitigate the volatile China impact?” – Anonymous client Great question…and unfortunately, I don’t know the answer. Free trade is a basic American principle than underpins our capitalist system (my editor removed “mostly capitalist”). Of course, we all know that free trade isn’t truly “free” […]

Water Cooler Wisdom: Third Quarter 2015

During last quarter’s review meeting, I promised a snarky review this quarter, but “good grief” as Charlie Brown would say. The “Grexit” story from July feels insignificant at this point. Greece is now negotiating the “transfer” of over 50,000 migrants and refugees. In fact, the International Organization for Migration reported that more than 35,000 migrants […]