“This Too Shall Pass:” Notes on the Investment Environment Going Forward
After five weeks of quarantine, many people are wondering when, if ever, life will return to normal. The short investment answer is that it won’t.
The Danger and Limits of a Virus: Notes on the COVID-19 Outbreak
The effect on the stock market has been pandemonium. There is an old adage on Wall Street that markets take an escalator going up, but the elevator going down. Program trading has exacerbated this.
Sacrifice the Saver: How Low Interest Rates and Fiscal Stimulus Distort Investor Options
The Federal Reserve recently issued an opinion that was interpreted by many as a signal for a rate cut at the next meeting. The current
The Trade War Comes Home: The Impact of Tariffs on Prices
World War II got off to a slow start. It officially began on September 1, 1939, with the invasion of Poland by German and Russian
The 2019 Ruth Holmberg Arts Leadership Award
Warren Barnett was honored with the 2019 Ruth Holmberg Arts Leadership Award at the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga TN.
Deficits Don’t Matter, Until They Do: Parsing the Current Thinking
This year, the federal government will run up a deficit of $900 billion. The total amount of debt outstanding is about $22 trillion, which is
