TikTok: What’s All the Fuss?

TikTok: What’s All the Fuss?

Tech guru Kim Kommando runs one of my favorite newsletters, chock full of the kind of tech tips we all can use. She recently wrote about how far TikTok reaches into the lives of those who use it, which is most young folks today. (Not me!)   At the core of the issue is...
Fun Facts from 2024

Fun Facts from 2024

Mutual Funds & ETFs  The Refinitiv Lipper database gives the median turnover of a US mutual fund as 39%, implying a holding period of just 2.5 years. (source link)  This suggests an average holding period of around 2.5 years.  Clearly investors are waking up and...
How to Not Become a Tech Dinosaur

How to Not Become a Tech Dinosaur

AI is all the rage these days, but some of us have an aversion to learning curves, and the older I get, the more that pertains to me. I had played around with AI a few times asking simple questions, but never really got my mind wrapped around it. So, I decided to do a...
Private Equity: The Next Big Crisis?

Private Equity: The Next Big Crisis?

“Private equity” is the term for companies not publicly traded or “listed” (on stock exchanges). If you are like most investors, you don’t think much about private equity because it is not generally available to you as an investor. Many private equity businesses are...
What About the Election and My Money?

What About the Election and My Money?

Some of the more frequent questions we get these days are about the election. What’s going to happen if one candidate wins, or worse, the other? What are we doing to protect your investments? Should we move to cash and just be careful?  First, let me say that the...
Profiting from the AI Wave

Profiting from the AI Wave

I get a lot of questions these days along the lines of “is this an AI bubble?” or “is the AI Bubble Popping?” And those are good questions because bubbles do eventually burst, and you don’t want to be left holding the bag when they do. First, let me show you what a...