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S&P 500: Stock Market Standard Click to listen. Stock Indexing… Previously, we talked about stock indexes as a list of companies, all of which meet some sort of criteria for …

Showtime’s Billions: Realistic or Ridiculous Click to listen. Click to watch. Head Hedger… Showtime’s series Billions follows the rivalry between a corrupt hedge fund manager and a US Attorney. The …

Inflation in Focus: CPI, PCE & PPI Click to listen. Historic Inflation… A post-pandemic tidal wave of consumer spending, paired with crimped and tattered supply chains has resulted in the …

Bitcoin Correlations: Crypto Tethered to Stocks Click to listen. Crypto Correlations… Assets with high correlations to each other have prices that move in the same direction at the same time. …

Exchange Traded Funds: Features of Diversified Passive Indexing Click to listen. Single Stock Risk… For average retirement investors, owning shares of individual companies may not be the best option. Single …

Hedge Fund Effect: Why Many Avoid Investing Click to listen. Hedge Fund Effect… Two common reasons why many avoid investing may be related to what we at Aesop Advisor call …

Recession Possible: But Not Here Yet Click to listen. GDP Dip… Contributing to recession jitters, US gross domestic product (GDP) has shown a slowdown. The government’s final estimate of GDP …

Bitcoin & Inflation: Missing Links in Satoshi’s Vision Click to listen. Vanquishing Inflation… When promoting his creation, inflation was a main focus for Satoshi Nakamoto, the anonymous creator of bitcoin. …

Kevin Bacon’s YOLO: Money Movies – Quicksilver (1986) Click to listen. YOLO Trade… Many money movies feature unscrupulous, unethical traders marauding in market manipulation. Quicksilver, starring Kevin Bacon, is an …

Relentless Inflation: Excess Stimulus or Suppressed Supply Click to listen. Helicopter Money… Many media outlets and individuals seem to have taken for granted that C19 stimulus caused inflation. However, money …