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Dimon on Crypto: "If I was the Government, I'd Close it Down"
Chase CEO and Tufts alumnus Jamie Dimon has been skeptical of bitcoin and crypto for some time. While other major banks have made forays into what Charlie Munger termed "trading turds", Dimon has kept his bank out of it. The... Read →
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Forbright Bank’s Latest Deal Shows Just How Broad Climate Funding Can Be
I have been a keen observer, advisor and investor in the climate space for many years. I am a believer that the lowest hanging fruit in our decarbonization efforts revolve around investments related to energy generation through the... Read →
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You Have Not Missed Your Chance to Lock in Long-Term Cash At Higher Rates
US Treasury rates came down dramatically last week, with the 1-year falling from 5.32% to as low as 5.01%, with still more pronounced declines along the longer end of the curve (the 10-year, for example, crashed from 4.55% to... Read →
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Certificates of Deposit Are Now More Attractive than US Treasurys Across All Maturities for All Tax Brackets
Interest rate moves over the last 23 months have been so pronounced that most banks - including online banks - have struggled to offer their customers certificate of deposit rates that compete with what those same customers can get in US... Read →
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CapitalOne Sued for Deception Over 360 Savings Rate versus 360 Performance Savings Rate
A lawsuit has been filed by customers of CapitalOne Bank alleging that the bank engaged in deceptive tactics with its 360 Savings customer base in 2022 and 2023. The plaintiffs assert that when CapitalOne began offering the 360 Performance... Read →
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Forbright Bank’s Funding of Renew Projects Is A Template for the Type of Deals that We Need to See In the Renewable Space
The climate crisis is continuing, even while other global crises and risks capture all of the media's attention. It is just as incumbent today as it was two months ago that banks fund wind and solar projects in order to expedite the... Read →
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Federal Reserve Holds Fed Funds at a 5.25% to 5.50% Target; Still May Not Be Done
The Federal Reserve Open Markets Committee has concluded its October 31 - November 1 meeting, and it voted unanimously to hold interest rate unchanged at 5.25% to 5.50%. The Fed's statement indicates that, while this is its second... Read →
Jerome Powell's Speech at Economic Club of New York Indicated Fed May Not Be Done
Jerome Powell gave an interesting speech in front of the Economic Club of New York earlier today. I think that there are at least three main takeaways from this speech that depositors need to consider. First, the Fed may not be done... Read →
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A Variable Rate or Indexed Rate CD is an Absurd Product for Depositors
We've been fielding a lot of questions from readers about "variable CDs", "flexible rate CDs" or "indexed CDs". It seems that several banks and credit unions have been heavily promoting these products, and... Read →
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A Lot of Innocent People Will be Impacted, but Israel’s Territorial Sovereignty Must Be Secured
It is impossible to watch the news today and not feel sorry for the scores of innocent people in Gaza who are unable to escape the territory due to the fact that they are being held hostage by Hamas and Egypt. Hamas has burrowed itself to... Read →
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Fed Concludes September 2023 Meeting By Holding Target Fed Funds Rate at 5.25 to 5.50%, As Expected
The Federal Reserve concluded its September 2023 meeting today, holding the Fed Funds rate at its current 5.25% to 5.50% target. The target rate remains at a 22 year high. Fed Chair Jerome Powell did not declare victory in the war on... Read →
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Al Gore Is Speaking Out Against A Global "Block And Delay" on Climate Action
I am fairly sure that we would not be in quite the dire climate catastrophe that we are in now if Al Gore had won the 2000 US Presidential election (and as a corollary, I blame Ralph Nader's maniacal third party candidacy for the... Read →
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Ray Dalio Says to Abandon Bonds for Cash
Bloomberg is reporting today on statements made by Ray Dalio, the owner Bridgewater, of the world's largest hedge fund, in Singapore yesterday. Dalio is reported to have said, "Temporarily, right now cash is good." And,... Read →
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Inflation Be Damned, Lower Interest Rates May Be on the Way in 2024
The Fed has moved vigorously to try to reign in inflation in 2022 and 2023. After 15 years of low interest rates that have fueled dramatic US economic growth, Chairman Powell and the Fed have acted aggressively to move the Fed funds target... Read →
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