I periodically recycle old posts on my blog to ensure that new clients can benefit from valuable content they may have missed and this post is one such example. When someone asks me if getting the CFA charter is worth it, my answer is always, “Well, it depends, what do you want out of it?”…

Oil was up. Gold was up. Treasuries were up. Stocks and crypto were down. If that feels familiar, it should. That is the classic knee-jerk response to conflict in the Middle East region, a textbook fear-based price action. The hammer fell on Iran! Indeed, the last couple of days gave us another loud cycle of…

On Saturday night, the US launched a coordinated military strike on three of Iran’s nuclear sites—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan, turning a tense weekend into a headline-grabbing geopolitical drama. President Donald Trump made the announcement first on social media then in a televised address that confirmed what many had already seen trending online. In light of…

I periodically recycle old posts on my blog to ensure that new clients can benefit from valuable content they may have missed and this post is one such example. During a recent family dinner at a restaurant, I found myself an unwilling spectator to a disheartening scene in the VIP dining room nearby. Our table…

Many of us have doubts about the official inflation numbers. Just talk to anyone working hard, raising a family, and footing the bill without much help from the government. To them, inflation is the shrinking portion sizes, the mysteriously expensive groceries (including your favorite fruits), and the feeling that your money just does not go…