Forbes: White House Plans To Target Stock Buybacks Will Send Executive Pay Even Higher

By SIMON CONSTABLE

The same plans could also hurt individual investors in the pocketbook. Read more here.

The White House

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Forbes: Oil Market Shows Optimistic Outlook For Energy Crisis

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent energy markets into a tizzy late last month. Most people felt the pinch at pump as gasoline prices soared.

But it looks like the wallet-emptying energy price surge could be over sooner than many think. At least that’s what the futures markets and some basic economics seem to suggest. Read more here.

Destroyed Russian tank in Mariupol

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Forbes: 3 Reasons Investors Should Worry That The Ukraine War Is Far From Over

By SIMON CONSTABLE

"Things seem to be heading in the right direction, but a lot of scenarios including some bad ones, remain plausible," a new report states. Read more here.

Destroyed Russian Tank Mariupol

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Ukraine -- Commodities rising. Simon Constable @RealConstable

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

Listen here.

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CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor: Commodities go to war @RealConstable; Time Magazine

 By SIMON CONSTABLE

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Financial Analysts Journal: Targeting Retirement Security with a Dynamic Asset Allocation Strategy

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Rule-based dynamic changes to asset allocation to attain desired income levels improve performance relative to traditional static asset allocation models or age-based target-date funds. Read more here.

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Financial Analysts Journal: Levered and Inverse Exchange-Traded Products -- Blessing or Curse?

By SIMON CONSTABLE

Inverse and levered ETPs are neither effective hedging tools nor useful as buy-and-hold investments. They are effective only when used for short-term bets on the direction of an asset. They are ill understood and inherently unstable. Read more here.

Crowds Gathering Outside NYSE 

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