Author: CJ MacDonald

When Facebook went public in 2012, a great debate raged regarding the viability of an investment in this newly public company. Could the company really be worth the $100 billion…

Why Would Anyone Buy a Bond with a Negative Yield? Historically, purchasing a bond as an investment was simple and straightforward: An investor purchased a bond, received interest payments based…

In 2018, a Wall Street Journal report noted that a large class of would-be retirees were coming to the realization their timber-based retirement plans were a far a less lucrative…

First, a story from the great Steven Covey: One day a professor was speaking to a group of business students and, to drive home a point, used an illustration I’m…

Before you land your first real job that offers a retirement plan, such as a 401(k), you need to learn about its features and start planning for your own future.…

Publicly traded companies frequently buy their own shares on the open market. A public company initially sells shares on the open market to raise capital, build awareness of the business,…

The most commonly used and quoted measure that financial market professionals and investors use to follow the ups and downs of the United States stock market is the S&P 500…

To understand what a recession is, it is essential to know what GDP measures. The Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measures how large a country’s economy is by valuing the total…

If you have ever experienced the thrill of waterskiing behind a fast boat, then you may have learned the cardinal rule of the sport, which is keep your head up.…

What disruptions have the “Free” economy wrought on financial companies and its customers? Bernard Arnault is now the third-richest man on the planet, having grown luxury brand colossus LVMH by…