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Comparisons between Trump and Bernie Sanders are increasingly common. This piece steps away from rhetoric and examines specific executive actions to assess whether recent economic policy relies more on administrative direction than on market pricing and private decision making.
Continue ReadingBrett S. Chappell7 minutes
Bretton Woods anchored money to convertibility. The post-1971 system anchored it to credibility. Today, exchange rates and balance sheet policy are increasingly part of the same surface, and the bond market is where those pressures first become visible. The long end is no longer just pricing inflation. It is pricing institutional discipline.
Continue ReadingBrett S. Chappell7 minutes
Europe has simplified the rules. The question is whether capital will follow credibility instead of labels. A Reset in Market Signals Europe is rewriting how sustainability shows up in financial products. Article 8 and 9 labels are being retired. Three new categories take their place: Sustainable, Transition, and ESG Basics. The stated goal is clarity, […]
Continue ReadingBrett S. Chappell4 minutes
Studying both CFA and CAIA reveals how public and private markets complement each other. Learn about IRR illusions, benchmark thinking, and portfolio allocation insights from 20+ years of experience.
Continue ReadingMarc O. Dines19 minutes
We rely on a layer of digital scaffolding in orbit, and that scaffolding is vulnerable to forces we barely understand and cannot predict with precision. Just because we cannot see the risks above us does not mean they are not real.
Continue ReadingBrett S. Chappell7 minutes
What connects a research paper on emerging market bonds to Alexandre Dumas’ masterpiece? Both emerged from the post-Napoleonic era—but only one explores what truly counts.
Continue ReadingMarc O. Dines3 minutes
