In this week’s Global Macro Update discussion, Sam Rines notes that the government no longer sets the minimum wage. Walmart does. When Walmart moved its nationwide minimum hiring rate to $14/hour, nearly all other employers had to follow suit.
Read moreWhat does a new normal look like? That’s the topic I covered with Bruce Mehlman in this week’s Global Macro Update interview (link at the bottom of this letter).
Read moreThis week, we checked in on the fixed-income market with an asset manager who controls $40 billion in capital.
Read moreThis week, I talked to Peter Boockvar, CIO of Bleakley Financial Group, an $8 billion wealth management firm, and editor of The Boock Report.
Read moreThis week, I talked to Andy Greenberg, senior writer at WIRED magazine and author of the books Sandworm and Tracers in the Dark. I read both and had a hard time putting them down.
Read moreThis week I spoke with entrepreneur and former tech executive turned presidential candidate Andrew Yang. Andrew is the co-founder of the Forward Party and author of the national bestseller, Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy, a thoughtful examination of the threats imperiling our democracy.
Read moreThis week, I spoke with Felix Zulauf, one of the top macro investors of our era. At Zulauf Consulting, he publishes a research service read by investment firms and family offices around the world. At our Strategic Investment Conference, he’s always one of the top-rated speakers.
Read moreIn this week’s Global Macro Update, you’ll hear about the potential for a 1930s-style economic crash and what can be done to prevent it... what drives a stock’s price on any given day (hint: it is not momentum)... and the popular asset class you should be avoiding if you are an individual investor.
Read moreThis week, I spoke with investing legend David Rubenstein, co-founder of The Carlyle Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. David is the author of the newly published bestseller, How to Invest: Masters on the Craft, a fascinating tour through the minds of some of the most successful investors of our age.
Read moreThis week, I spoke with Keith Fitz-Gerald, the well-known market analyst and educator, and co-founder of Keith Fitz-Gerald Research. You’ll see him on FOX Business News, CNBC, and other financial media every week. He’s the author of 5 with Fitz, a free daily letter that cuts through the noise with actionable investing and trading ideas.
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