This year Strategic Equity Management announced the launch of some innovative portfolios that combine my experience in managing money the past 18 years, SEM’s engineering background, and some of the things I learned while obtaining my CFA charter. Check out this series of videos to learn why we decided
The Fed held their annual Monetary Policy Symposium late last week. The purpose of the meeting is to gather the “great minds” in economics to discuss economic theories. Over the last 7 years as long-discussed theories were put into practice, this meeting has carried more significance
With so many market participants focused on Fed policies and their NEXT move, it is important to understand what the Fed can and cannot control. While the Fed sets SHORT-TERM rates and can use open market operations to control them, the free market sets LONG-TERM rates.
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We continue to see a market that is afraid of commitment. A growing number of institutional investors are openly questioning the Fed’s ability to stimulate the economy. The Fed’s inability to forecast the last crisis, even after it had already started has led some
From the Fed, to the Congressional Budget Office, to most mainstream economists, “average”, “trend” , or “normal” growth is assumed to be around 3%. During this economic recovery we’ve only seen GDP growth exceed the “normal” rate once…
