Growing up, I was a fan of Hulk Hogan. I never missed his main-event matches, and my bedroom walls were covered with his posters. His recent passing hit me hard. It feels like a piece of my childhood went with him. I will always remember all his signature moves in the ring, the iconic Leg…

On Wednesday, Chair Jerome Powell announced that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) would once again leave the Fed Funds Rate unchanged, a move widely expected, though certainly not what President Trump was hoping for. Fed governors Chris Waller and Miki Bowman dissented, both voting for a quarter-point cut. I, for one, was not expecting…

I came across a recent Wall Street Journal front-page story and it caught my eye. Hardship withdrawals from 401(k)s have more than doubled since before the pandemic. In 2024, nearly 5% of participants pulled money early from their retirement accounts, up from about 2% pre-COVID. This is not just an American phenomenon, the same trend…

“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…

For some people, it makes perfect sense to pack a bag and leave the good ol’ US for anywhere else in the world especially if November’s election did not go their way. For global investors, the instinct is similar. Shift a little at the margins, sprinkle a bit more into Europe or Asia, just in…