Future of Retail Banking

Despite the rising popularity of online and mobile banking, you can find large banks still having a brick and mortar presence. In big cities, you would find these bank branches clustered as close together as Starbucks coffee shops. In New York, there are 20 bank...

Top Down Amateurism

Trump’s first week has given everyone a sign of things to come for the next four years. He has imposed a massive travel ban preventing tourists from 7 countries to enter the US, blasted the Mexican President, hung up on the call with Australian PM and prayed for...

Davos or D.C.?

This week was a big week for economists and world leaders who congregated in the quaint swiss town of Davos to participate in the World Economic Forum (WEF). While many flocked to listen to the elite speak about economic global outlook, major political concerns, new...

Investing in Stars of the Past

In every one of the past 3-4 decades, we have had one or two noteworthy companies that revolutionized the landscape through innovative products and consequently has seen its stock outperform its peer group and the entire industry. In the 80s, it was Microsoft. Cisco...

Will ObamaCare Be Repealed?

Now that most of nation has gone through the five stages of grief following Trump’s victory, its time to switch our focus to the first item that is likely on his list come  January 2017. The odds are that repealing ObamaCare would be high on the list. Mitch McConnell,...

Can the Market Rally Continue?

The only thing as surprising as Trump’s victory is the stock market rally that has followed. Most predicted a plunge in the stock indices if he were to win, but instead we are witnessing all time highs being chalked up in the market almost every day. While much of the...