News, insights and thought leadership from the City Different team.
I’ve been in this business for almost 25 years. And I’ve seen the same thing happen over and over again: firms get big, add layers, professionalize everything to death… and in the process, completely...
Jong recently traveled to the UK with his family over Easter. And because he can never stop thinking about investing, below he describes how a trip that started out as a soccer fan’s pilgrimage to...
There’s always a case for owning small and mid-cap U.S. stocks… but right now, it’s hard to ignore just how compelling that case has become. Small and mid-cap U.S. stocks are currently trading at a...
WEEK ENDING 2/21/2025 Tariffs continue to dominate headlines. Fed remains in wait-and-see mode. Sentiments and housing data skew negative.
WEEK ENDING 2/14/2025 Fixed income seems immune to headlines. “Patience is a virtue; possess it if you can.” Inflation seems untamed. The purges continue.
Vanguard just dropped the hammer on ETF fees again, slashing its average expense ratio to a jaw-dropping 0.07%. That’s a big deal in an industry segment where “fees are one of the most important...
WEEK ENDING 2/07/2025 Eagles soar past Chiefs to win Super Bowl. Treasury Secretary Bessent wants to bring 10-year bond yield down. Mixed employment data supports Fed’s wait-and-see.
WEEK ENDING 1/31/2025 Two horrific plane crashes claimed 73 lives. Investigations into causes are underway. DeepSeek is not an AI hallucination… we think. Purges of FBI, Department of Justice, and...
This week, a surprising announcement from China’s Deep Seek sparked a lot of market chatter (and, ya know, vaporized nearly $600B in market value from Nvidia). Deep Seek claims it developed an...
If you’ve ever bought or sold a business (or are just a follower of publicly announced mergers and acquisitions), you’ve likely heard the term “rollover equity." Rollover equity is basically any...
WEEK ENDING 1/24/2025 The fear and the opportunity of high interest rates. Fed meets Wednesday for the first time this year. Here come the tariffs.
WEEK ENDING 1/17/2025 CPI report dilutes jobs report, for now A new administration began Monday Prepare for volatility
9/10 is an exceptional mark in almost all applications. If a restaurant has a 9/10 on Yelp or Foursquare (yes, Foursquare is still an excellent restaurant rating app), it means the restaurant is...
WEEK ENDING 1/10/2025 Strong jobs numbers dampen view of Fed Rate cuts. Fiscal and tariff uncertainty cause market sell-off. Damage and loss of life in LA County climb. Register for our fixed-income...
Every few years, it seems like the municipal bond market can’t resist a good scare story. This time, it’s the potential for Congress to alter the tax-exempt status of muni bonds — an idea making the...
Explaining Wednesday’s complete market route. All markets, be they equity or fixed income, took a proverbial kick in the shorts on Wednesday. The S&P 500 index finished the day 178.45 points lower...
WEEK ENDING 12/13/2024 Fixed-income market endures a “yield rally” and a steeper yield curve. Inflation proves sticky — even grocery prices will be hard to reverse. Trump named Time’s person of the...
WEEK ENDING 12/6/2024 We’re back! Rallies continue as Powell urges caution. Saturday, December 7, marked the 83rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor — ‘a day that will live in infamy.’ Taylor...
There’s a critical decision you have to make if you want (or already have) exposure to private equity as a part of your portfolio — does your chosen manager deploy capital through a fund structure...
Given Trump’s upcoming policy guidance, there are reasons to believe that inflation could soon be on the rise. This begs the question, “Are we in a temporary inflation lull? To answer that, let’s...
WEEK ENDING 11/22/2024 Are we in a temporary inflation lull? Will the next administration’s policies raise inflation? White meat or dark? Happy Thanksgiving from all of us.
WEEK ENDING 11/15/2024 Treasury rally continues since mid-September Market still pricing a December rate cut President-elect Trump’s cabinet is taking shape
WEEK ENDING 11/8/2024 We have a new president—well, maybe not new—along with a “red wave” Week-to-week changes hide volatility Oh, and the Fed cut the Fed Funds range by 0.25%
For years, Warren Buffett’s advice has been pretty clear — for most investors, the S&P 500 is the safest bet. “Just buy the index,” he’s famously said. And for the past decade, he’s been pretty right...
WEEK ENDING 11/1/2024 The yield rally continues Welcome to the show that never ends Buckle up; Election Day is Tuesday
