I periodically recycle old posts on my blog to ensure that new clients can benefit from valuable content they may have missed. Today, I’m revisiting a post on family offices that are experiencing a surge in popularity based on my meetings with investors.  I want to talk about something that does not typically get a…

Here is the reality: I do not have a crystal ball (if I did, I would be on a beach somewhere). I did not foresee the pandemic crash in 2020, and I certainly did not anticipate the wild rollercoaster of 2021-2022 that rattled some of our positions. Let us not forget the latest surprise which…

Let the tailwinds blow! What a week it has been for the markets, plenty of action to keep us on our toes. First, the Federal Reserve kicked things off with a 50-basis point rate cut, like throwing a party for borrowers. Not to be outdone, China just dropped its biggest stimulus package since 2020, proving…

“Is Transcendental Meditation (TM) a religion”? I have been asked this question many times. Well, certain people may perceive the TM program as religious rather than scientific due to its association with terms like “meditation,” “pure awareness,” and “transcendence,” or because it was introduced from India by a teacher with a monastic background. However, philosophers…

Mm-hmm, criticism from the West toward China is practically a global hobby. Even during the recent Olympics, when China raked in the gold, many Western commentators could not resist the urge to take a jab or two. Ironically, a lot of these critics, including some of my partners in the US, have never even set…