A note about inflation. For quite a few years now, some experts have predicted great inflation due to the easy money policies of the Fed since the Great Recession. For example, Larry Kudlow, President Trump’s recently appointed Director of the National Economic Council said the following in response to a question during an interview published in Townhall.com on May 5,… Read more →
Tag: Inflation
Our investors have done well!
Our investors continue to gain on inflation! Investment advisor regulations discourage citing specific investment results here, but I can say that our clients’ investment portfolios have, in general, grown faster than inflation over the past 5 years! Specific information is available to our IM clients. Note: The calculation used to determine our clients’ returns is called the internal rate of… Read more →
Equity Investments Vs. Inflation!
What should we assume? In modeling cash flows, we typically assume that investment returns during retirement will average about twice the rate of general inflation and be about equal to the rate for healthcare expenses. Of course, specific results will vary based on many factors. It is important that our clients review and adjust their cash flow “pictures” with us… Read more →
Safer Cars and Less Safe Pensions.
First a bit about safer cars. If you have read my blog posts you know that I expect transportation to change dramatically during the next 5 to10 years. I expect costs to be substantially reduced. I have mentioned the Uber effect. I have mentioned my niece in Chicago who uses Uber to get around town. I was with her recently, and she… Read more →
So, where’s my paperless office?
In this blogpost, in addition to discussing the paperless office question I will share some information regarding inflation, techknowledgy¹ and the continuing value of investment diversification. But, first a brief update for our asset management clients follows below: Midway through the 4th quarter of 2015 our investment clients are all experiencing positive growth. The paperless office has been a dream of many… Read more →