what you were saying about dumping stocks, they have enough money to give themselves some nice million dollars bonuses just as everything was going down the drain. so i do think we will hear i think this is a great time to talk about and have a really realistic and reasoned conversation about decentralized finance. i know people get really nervous. i like cryptocurrency. i think it s important to talk about i really do. and i think, you know, you have people on hill who are big enemies of this. senator liz cheney one of those people.elizabeth warren one of those people. i mean, this is a real conversation americans are thinking about the future of finance and these big banks being able to control everything and then having such deleterious effects on our everyday lives and again bringing it all back to other things like housing. housing shortage and the fact that we no longer talk about are we an ownership society, a society that s going to rent forever and talking to millennia
The world remains dangerous. Last week North Korea launched several missiles and detonated a nuclear device. Less than a week earlier, Iran tested a new missile and sent warships into international waters. Last year, Russia's defense spending increased by 34 percent and China’s by 15 percent.
Few topics are more polarizing at a cocktail party full of the investor class than anything related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) informed investing.
Every so often, the handwringing about indexes destroying the markets gets to a fever pitch, and I'm obliged to at least put something out there. Well, it's been a year or so, so now's the time.