Welcome to RG Insights

Here in Insights, I'll provide you with a running commentary of my market-related insights and thoughts on current events. You'll get to see how I view the worlds of wealth management, finance, economics, politics and even pop culture, and I’ll point you toward other interesting content around the internet. I’ll challenge your perceptions, call it like I see it and occasionally make you laugh.

3 days ago4 min

Welcome to the Terrordome

All this money that we're saving on gas is blood money.

Sep 164 min

Drop Wallet

Welcome to the 2nd half of September-- the worst calendar period of the year!

Sep 33 min

Too Smart for Their Own Good

Good advice rarely changes.

Aug 204 min

Crystal Ballin'

I wasn't expecting last week's rally.

Aug 83 min

Ye Ol’ Carry Trade

The mechanics of a rout.

Aug 54 min

Margin Call Monday

Markets are puking while they’ve already got rate cuts priced in.

Jul 13 min

Calling It For Trump

It is impossible to simultaneously match an index’s return during a bull cycle and also protect capital during a bear cycle.

Jun 194 min

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. Twenty years...

Jun 74 min

Here We Algo Again

Algorithms of all shapes and sizes have been wreaking havoc lately.

May 314 min

Boom!

The impact of baby-boomers’ needs on investing is difficult to overstate.

May 24 min

Just Keep Swimming

Prices for everything are too high, butwhere do you think stock prices will be ten years from now, higher or lower?

Apr 292 min

Headlines

Divebombing into stagflation nation.

Apr 192 min

A Week on the Web

There was a lot of great content around the internet this week.

Apr 93 min

You Don't Know What You Don't Know

Jamie has spoken.

Apr 36 min

Long Covid

The last four years have been a comedy of errors.

Mar 214 min

Whoop-De-Do

Wwrote plainly that the minute the Fed admitted it would tolerate a rate of inflation higher, that's when we go limit up.

Mar 124 min

How About a Second Home?

Many retirees are drawn to the idea of a second home-- a concept that extends well beyond providing a vacation spot.

Mar 45 min

The Tightrope

Seems like Bitcoin traders are currently walking on a bit of a tightrope.

Feb 133 min

Do You See What L.E.I. See?

It’s rarely helpful to act on macroeconomic indicators of any kind, LEI or otherwise, when it comes to your portfolio.

Feb 53 min

I'm On Fire

It will be interesting to see what risk assets that were already priced for cuts do now.