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The most recent sanctions are wreaking havoc on global financial markets. The Russian ruble is also plunging, and the Russian economy is being squeezed. Most global equities are also down since the start of the war, and with investors on edge, volatility is spiking. The effects of thi...

The Fed is still a long way from having a CBDC. China is in an advanced stage for implementing a CBDC. Implications for the US Dollar. For further details see: The U.S. Dollar And CBDCs

With the two leading cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin and Ethereum, posting annualized returns exceeding 90%, investors have taken notice. Balancing their concerns with perhaps a little FOMO, investors are trying to figure out how to fit cryptocurrencies within a broader portfolio. In th...

We analyze immutability and programmability in connection with digital assets and conclude that for diversification, some combination of both is probably ideal. Immutability and programmability represent opposite directions on a governance spectrum but each can provide value to stakeh...

To help address investor concerns about Russia-Ukraine tensions, our Portfolio Managers examine the impact on their respective asset classes and potential allocation changes. We believe sanctions initially will focus on Russia’s top security personnel and companies directly inv...

Our team expects a much higher Bitcoin price in 2022. The ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO) is one option for investors. Unfortunately, BITO is an inferior product to a spot ETF, which so far the SEC has not approved. For further details see: BITO vs. GBTC: What's Th...

Gold’s worst periods of returns - whether relative or absolute - were the period from 1980 to 1999 and then again from 2012 to today. I personally believe the financial media has miscast gold and the GLD for decades as an inflation hedge when - if you actually look at the retur...

Submitting a PoW for a new cryptocurrency is what creates a new token or coin. Once the problem-solving capacity of standard computers is outpaced enough by their quantum counterparts, all the blockchains in the world will become hackable by anyone with a quantum computer. Unless ...

Against a backdrop of increasing inflation, clients are looking to add crypto exposure to their portfolios to diversify with non-correlated returns. Maturing from an academic consideration to an element in many investment decisions, ESG increasingly influences equity, bond and commodi...

The shifting tectonic plates that inspire earthquakes in the markets are interest rates. Bond yields are at all-time lows, a quarter what they were in the 1980s, and savings accounts offer comically low interest rates that begin with point oh and get worse from there. When you get...