For years now, it’s seemed as though the “age of mobile payments” has always been just around the corner. Apple Pay launched in 2014,...

Zach Olson, our Director of Investment Research, was recently interviewed on the Investing City Podcast. Investing City started its...

As the year began, most investors found themselves still shaken by the dramatic market rout that had occurred in the final quarter of...

A Year to Re-position... As this year drew to a close, we found ourselves in the midst of a fairly significant market decline. This...

Over the past year, I’ve had the opportunity to visit several cities in Latin America, as I seek to learn more about the region. My most...

Shifting Views… Looking back on the past six months, one of the more striking shifts we have encountered is an increased willingness on...

An Improving Outlook… Many felt that 2017 would represent a continuation of the previous year’s excitement, tumult and unpredictability....

Reasons for Optimism Yet again, we saw equity markets continue to rise amidst an improvement in the outlook for global growth. The U.S....

Last month, I had the opportunity to attend Berkshire Hathaway’s Annual Meeting. This “Woodstock for Capitalists” fully lives up to its...

An Encouraging Start Unlike in recent years, the beginning of 2017 was not marked by a great deal of market volatility, but rather a...

2016: Learning to Expect (and Accept) the Unexpected When this year began, it seemed as though markets had priced in, with a good deal of...

Summer Slowdown It is certainly no secret that the summer months tend to be among the quietest for markets. Yet this year’s lull was...

For most, the term “Industrial Revolution” invokes images of steam engines, textile mills and gas lighting. However, this was but the...

Britain’s Way Out After a chaotic start to the year, it seemed that markets were ready to find a new, calmer pace. For most of the second...

Another False Start Much like the beginning of the past two years, the beginning of 2016 was marked by a great deal of market volatility....

2015: Meeting Expectations? It seems that, as each year comes to a close, investors everywhere want to discuss what they believe lies...

Cause for Concern? At this point, the return of volatility to the markets is old news. Over the course of this year, we’ve already...

In an increasingly urbanized world, never before has public transportation been more important to moving people from point A to point B....

Fasten Your Seatbelts... For quite some time now, market pundits have discussed an impending return of volatility to global markets....

Off to a Shaky Start Much like last year, the first quarter of 2015 was marked by sharp spikes and gradual drops in market volatility....