Lessons From Argentina

Last week we started a mini-series on Amenities. We took a short break from the mini-series to cover a few consequential items from the World Economic Forum which is still underway in Davos. They’re probably still more that we could be covering from Davos, but there are only so m ...  Show more

A new groundbreaking capability was conceived, developed, and released to the world in 10 days. Yes, you heard that correctly. 10 days can change the world. That sounds like some historic platitude. What I’m referring to is a new software application that was introduced only a fe ...  Show more

Argentina’s government and the International Monetary Fund have been renegotiating the terms of a 2018 loan issued to the country – the largest in IMF history. The Fund’s own internal analysis of that deal was scathing. The 2018 package had been vaunted for its commitment to prot ...  Show more

In part three of our national debt masterclass, we share a simple debt dynamics formula we can monitor to help guide our investment choices.

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L’État le plus puissant au monde va-t-il faire défaut sur sa dette souveraine ? C’est ce qui pourrait survenir d’ici à quinze jours si les républicains et les démocrates échouent à trouver un compromis sur un nouveau plafond de la dette. Le suspense sur le dépassement - ou non - ...  Show more

As U.S. Public Debt continues to break records, should investors be concerned by the amount debt has risen? Or are there other, more influential factors at play?

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