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The Week Ahead – Economic Tectonics

By | 8/13/18 7:30 AM Brett Dulyea, CFA, CAIA
| 8/13/18 7:30 AM

Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.

I recently stumbled across an interactive website that allows you to view what the globe likely looked like tens or even hundreds of millions of years ago. Since human beings have spent so little time on Earth, it is easy to forget how dramatically everything changes given enough time. Many..

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Investments & Economy The Week Ahead Grow

The Week Ahead – Dr. Evil

Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.

Can you believe Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is now over two decades old? For those who don’t know, the film’s antagonist Dr. Evil was frozen for thirty years and, when he is thawed out, he’s back to his villainous ways. At one point he conspires to hold the world hostage for $1 ..

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The Week Ahead – #LArain

By | 7/30/18 8:05 AM Brett Dulyea, CFA, CAIA
| 7/30/18 8:05 AM

Welcome to “The Week Ahead” where we take a moment to provide our thoughts on what we can expect in markets and the economy during the upcoming week.

Last Wednesday a thunderstorm flared up over parts of Los Angeles, bringing a rare summer sight of umbrellas and working windshield wipers to Southern California. The storm erupted suddenly just before noon, drifted southwest over Hollywood, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica before quickly exiting..

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