Scroll through LinkedIn on any given weekday and you will probably find no shortage of people who are “honored to speak,” “privileged to moderate,” or “humbled to receive recognition.” Sometimes all within the same week. Someone is always arriving at a summit, hosting a fireside chat, receiving an award, or posting a professionally photographed panel…
Quality over quantity
Oh well, I periodically recycle old posts on my blog to ensure that new clients can benefit from valuable content they may have missed. Check out this post that I believe may capture the interest of those who have recently joined our community of investors. Quantity does not always translate to quality. When it comes…
A different kind of risk management
I have practiced Transcendental Meditation (TM) consistently for years. The reason is not complicated, it works, and it is actually enjoyable to do. I say this as someone who spends a large part of life dealing with markets, risk, uncertainty, and occasionally listening to gurus confidently predict the future on social media five times a…
When the long bond speaks, markets listen
The 30-year Treasury yield topped 5.1% on Friday, the highest in nearly a year. The long bond jumped almost 11 basis points to 5.121%, while the 10-year surged nearly 14 basis points to 4.595%. Not exactly a small move, unless you have been meditating in a cave without Bloomberg access. Had an interesting conversation with…
We are growing, the quiet kind
I have been meeting some interesting people lately. Not all of them are the right fit. A couple of them are. What I am looking for is simple. Natural communicators. People who enjoy prospecting, building relationships, and opening doors, not because a motivational poster told them to, but because that is genuinely how they operate….