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February 2019

The Devil Drives Tesla

There’s no denying it now: Elon Musk is not the Messiah. But how much does it really matter? By Alice Lloyd Remember, Elon Musk’s defenders keep telling me, “he’s only human.” The reminder has become a common refrain these past nine months among...

Alice Lloyd

February 2019

Head In The Clouds

Or Feet on the Trading Room Floor? – Tales of Emotional Investments – Some people will lose everything before they accept a loss… Bill McGilton, Editor and Financial Analyst It was 2001, and I was a new attorney working on an...

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February 2019

The Gig Economy

How Millennials Feel About Work: Not Just in Brooklyn and Berkeley but in the Post-Industrial Heartland Too By John Fedderke Could there be a new – and altogether different – sort of economy burgeoning with today’s millennial generation? We thought...

John Fedderke

February 2019

Exploiting the Pendulum of Investor Psychology

Investors make their biggest emotional mistakes at market extremes… By Mike Barrett Years ago, Bill – an affable gentleman in his 60s – shared a personal story with me that I’ll never forget. What made the story unforgettable is that it didn’t...

Mike Barrett

February 2019

Fear & Investing

How Fear Will Ruin Your Financial Future By Dr. David Eifrig Nearly half of all Americans are ruining their financial futures… A survey from online banking-news aggregator Bankrate found that 57% of Americans are not invested in the stock...

Dr. David Eifrig

February 2019

Learning to Love Our Emotions

Starting With ‘Greed’ and ‘Fear’ Letter from the Editor: Editor in Chief P.J. O’Rourke It’s an old Wall Street saying: “Markets are driven by greed and fear.” If so, markets are a sort of one-man full-court basketball game...

P. J. O’Rourke

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FAQ for tonight… Your grandchildren are already in debt… “Are you a robot?”

Dear reader, The market has been whipsawing investors over the past two months. And the biggest concern on many folks’ minds is what happens next… Is the bull market coming to an end? Or can stocks soar higher from here? And what should...

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Is the honeymoon over?… ‘Soak the rich,’ say Dems… 2 million discarded needles

Dear reader, Last night, President Donald Trump delivered his State of the Union. He started with a call for unity, touted the tax cuts and accomplishments we’ve seen from his administration, and spoke about both freedom and responsibility...

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Are you afraid of making this mistake in 2019?

Dear reader, What’s next for the market? Last year was the worst year for the market in a decade… The S&P 500 Index dropped 6% and the year finished with the worst December on record since the Great Depression… nearly 90 years...

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U.S. retirement crisis warning… Media wildly mischaracterizes confrontation… “The old were always sacrificed first”

Dear reader, I hope you’ve seen the messages I’ve sent you in the past few days… Because this is it. This is the last call for tonight’s urgent market briefing from American Consequences contributor and former Goldman Sachs...

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Author - Erica Wood