“If you’re not confused, you’re not paying attention.” Tom Peters (author of In Search of Excellence) The Good Have you heard about the recent “terrible” economic news?Unemployment is at its lowest level in over 50 years, as shown by the below graph: Meanwhile, there is still a 2% larger gap between jobs and workers than there was in
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Over these past two decades there has been much discussion about how we are continually entering into a new normal. This year, however, we are back to the “old normal”, at least as far as financial markets are concerned. We are back to a place where one can earn money on their savings accounts. The below
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As of Monday (6/13), the US stock market has officially hit Bear Market territory (i.e., a fall of at least 20%). The S&P 500 closed down some 21% year-to-date. The tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 closed down almost 31% year-to-date. This is considered normal, as so-called bear markets tend to occur every several years. The last one
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The Omega Team would like to express our congratulations to Dylan for being awarded the Moskowitz Prize for his outstanding research in sustainable and responsible investing. About the PrizeThe Moskowitz Prize is a global award that recognizes outstanding research on responsible investment and the financial implications of responsible business practices in capital markets. The Moskowitz Prize is in
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and Chief Investment Officer “Y2K is a crisis without precedence in human history.” – Byte magazine editor Edmund DeJesus, 1998. Does anyone have friends or family that caught the Y2K bug? I certainly had some family members that did. They filled their cars with gasoline on
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO Many clients have begun to ask me: isn’t the stock market overvalued? On one level, in a free market, everything is currently valued at what it should be. However, that assumes a world where everyone is perfectly rational. I sometimes forget that I’m
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO A Riddle and Its Solution We have witnessed another strong quarter for equities, across much of the world. In times like these, it is natural to wonder why we have anything in our portfolio except equities. In this spirit, I wanted to use
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Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO Whereas US financial markets dominated much of the world this past year, international ones—both developed and emerging—have begun to prove more promising than the US. Indeed, while the SP500 garnered a healthy return of over 5% through 4/21 (year-to-date), developed International markets, as
Read More...Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS, CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and Chief Investment Officer “Final Projection: Hillary Clinton Will Win 323 Electoral Votes” Headline Princeton Election Consortium “Polls and Early Vote Show Hillary Poised for Victory” Headline US News “I do not believe the Brexit will happen” Gideon Rachman, Financial Times “”I’m confident that as
Read More...Dylan B. Minor PhD, MS CFP®, ChFC, CLU Chief Strategist and CIO “Everyday Americans need a champion. I want to be that champion!” Hillary Clinton “Let’s make America great again!” Donald Trump Have you ever wondered where the symbols for the Democratic and Republican parties came from? According to Wikipedia.com, the Democratic donkey comes from
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