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Hedging in a Changing World The world is witnessing a great power conflict between the United States and China. The winner of the conflict, especially

A Bit of Christmas Hope Based Upon Fundamental Evidence and Cyclicality   The consensus view on Wall Street is that the Fed may raise interest

News From the Front Lines of Investment Decision Making By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA   By mid-2022, bond sellers outstripped bond buyers 62% to 38%.

Group Think By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA A new bull market is often seen as a sign of economic recovery and renewed confidence. And there

The Recent Past Remember the great recession of 2008? Well, after almost a decade of supporting the securities markets (stocks and bonds) with independent monetary

Sovereign Debt Levels, The World Bank, Food, Inflation, Recession and Confidence By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA   According to David Malpass, President of the World

September Newsletter   Much of what I write about has to do with economic cycles…for a reason. It affects everyone sooner or later and markets

Cloud Computing Industry   In 1956, then U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon, under President Dwight D. Eisenhower, told Soviet First Secretary Nikita Khrushchev that the

Oil. Oil. Oil.   Sometimes I write articles to you about the immediacy of current and future trends in the stock and bond market. However,

OK, Investor: What Do You Want?   What do you want? Yes, you want the market to engage in a ferocious upside rally, but that

Inflation, International and Domestic Threats and Investment Strategy   By Vaughn Woods, CFP, MBA   The United States is now facing one of the greatest

Guns or butter? Inflation or standard of living? Ukrainian cities continue to suffer Russian bombing even as Russian officials are thought to be behind the