With the passage of the JOBS Act of 2012, effective in May 2016, small businesses can now raise capital through online solicitation of investors or crowdfunding. In essence, the general public can now directly invest in start-up and emerging companies.
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The decades-long reliance on the Philips Curve to guide economic and monetary policy came to an abrupt end, raising the question about the relevancy of other conventional economic models to a 21st century economy.
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Portfolio protection through the use of options strategies can prove to be very expensive insurance when seeking uninterrupted, long-term protection, rather than just during times when markets “appear to be especially risky.”
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As financial advisors work with their clients in building a portfolio of individual municipal securities or evaluate muni fund candidates, they will need to go beyond the normal bounds of credit analysis to discern an issuer’s ability to meet its obligations under the most extreme financial scenarios.
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Increasingly, ESG considerations are priority objectives for corporate leadership, key inputs for how asset managers deploy their investments, and how affluent and young investors select investments … and their financial advisors.
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