I recently stumbled upon a stat that got me thinking. It said, "that people who work longer are living longer". We've all heard the...

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About two weeks ago, we were all hit with the clickbait headline, "credit card balances hit $1 trillion". Immediately, people used this...

Hopefully, you'll excuse my two-week hiatus from "What We Learned in the Markets." I'll be back next week and better than ever when I...

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