News, insights and thought leadership from the City Different team.
"Nuclear is wonderful as one of the sources of energy, one of the sources of sustainable energy.” —Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang The global nuclear renaissance is gaining steam. Our readers have seen our...
Selling a business is a life-changing event — whether that change is financial via a large exit, a lifestyle change to enter retirement, etc. But the process of selling your hard-built business can...
Much as truly active equity investing can result in greater returns for investors (even net of fees), so too can active management of fixed income securities. We’re big believers in the power of...
Serving Registered Independent Advisors (RIAs) is at the heart of what we do at CDI. Numerous RIA partners have come to us wanting to either incorporate or diversify their clients’ portfolios (more...
Among the things I’ve been lucky enough to do in my professional life in Santa Fe, NM, two stand out: I’ve enjoyed a successful career in finance and have been involved with several nonprofits...
The Big Three U.S. auto workers went on strike in September. Labor and management couldn’t come to an agreement about how to split the proceeds from producing automobiles. This is such a pivotal...
“We can and we must reduce Russian LNG exports to phase them out completely.” -- EU Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson
Last week, the Fed announced that it would not raise the Fed Funds rate in September. By our way of thinking, though, they left the door open for future increases (data dependent). This left us...
We have long written about the two periods when the municipal bond market organically generates the most cash flow into the market — the January / February period and the June / July period. These...
Companies have been rethinking how they do business across industries, geographies, etc. Remote vs. hybrid vs. in-office, fractional executives, outsourcing, you name it. But we think a huge change...
Are we headed for a recession or what? Why are mortgage rates still going up? Why shouldn’t I put all my cash into CDs right now?
The week of August 14, 2023, has been a tough one for most markets. Stocks are down, and bonds are up in yield. Many street analysts are changing their outlooks from “a recession is around the...
Although we haven’t seen it yet, Universal Pictures’ star-studded film Oppenheimer hit theaters last weekend, and it looks compelling. Oppenheimer chronicles the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer, the...
Like many people during the pandemic, I decided to pick up a new hobby. With basically everything shut down, and the outdoors being one of the only relatively safe spaces available to us, my quest...
5.5% seems like a pretty great investment return for cash-equivalent instruments. Given how low the risk is for a CD or money market funds, taking the 5.5% and running seems like a solid bet right...
