Monthly Archives: June 2022

Easy money boondoggle coming to predictable close

Venture capital, private equity firms, and hedge funds (traditionally more hubris than hedged) used to be fringe players working with the high-risk pieces of ultra-wealthy portfolios. However, as traditional investment yields (net rental, dividends and interest) tumbled through years of … Continue reading

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Next phase: liquidation mode

Target joined other major retailers and warned this morning that its profits will take a hit as it takes aggressive steps to eliminate excess inventory. See Target shares fall 8% as it expects squeezed profits from aggressive plan to get … Continue reading

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Debt elevates stress, negatively affects health

As home prices have gone skyward, it’s increasingly less typical for people to pay off their mortgages before retiring and the proportion of non-mortgage debt outstanding has ballooned.  Research confirms that debt can have a negative effect on health, especially … Continue reading

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