A reader asks: Are there any changes we can make today that would reduce the risk or exposure to potential risk if the federal government causes a recession in 2025? I’m trying to determine if I should adjust my 401k allocations to be less equity and more fixed income in case the stock market goes … Read more
Cybersecurity vendors seeking to tap the anticipated demand from critical infrastructure (CI) operators must ensure that their data traffic monitoring solutions for operational technology (OT) systems can detect the actions of active and passive assets and all data traffic types, then decide how best to analyse the data. This is one of the major pieces … Read more
The Bank of England has caught many by surprise by trimming its base rate by 0.25%, bringing it down to 4.5%. This change came after a 7–2 vote by the Monetary Policy Committee, with two members leaning towards an even deeper 0.5% cut. Although the Bank of England strategy to control inflation through higher interest … Read more
– And by lately, I mean the past several years or more. The value of the S&P 500 index of stocks, where most of us hopefully have a good chunk of our retirement savings stashed into index funds, is up about fifty seven percent in just the past two years. And it has more than … Read more
Posted February 24, 2025 by Ben Carlson Today’s Talk Your Book is brought to you by SS&C Alps Advisors: See here for more information on the REIT ETF On today’s show, we discuss: How interest rates affect the real estate asset class A bifurcation in office space real estate How investors view REITs as an … Read more
