By Professor Ricardo Ulivi, Ph.D. March 2018 A simple definition of inflation is that it’s too much money chasing too few goods. Here’s an example: If you only have $1, the most you can bid f...
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By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. January 29, 2018 When we approach retirement age, most of us have been working for perhaps fifty or more years. Therefore, it can be a difficult decis...
By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. January 2018 Last month I wrote about what is likely to end the current euphoria in the stock, bond, and real estate markets. I pointed out that the c...
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By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. December 2017 Amid the euphoria we are witnessing in the stock, bond, real estate and bitcoin markets, are there any clouds on the horizon that presag...
By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. October 2017 Often when people ask me what I do, I reply that one of my jobs is being a finance professor. To emphasize the point, I tell them that I ...
By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. September 2017 The financial goals of our nation can be summarized as follows: achieve sustainable economic growth, low inflation, and full employment...
By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. August 2017 As a fiscally conservative individual, I feel too many investors are ignoring reality. They are not seeing the writing on the wall, and wh...
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By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. June 2017 There are two very important investment objectives, yet they are contradictory. If preservation of capital is important for you, you can’t...
By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. April 2017 Since before and after Trump’s election, I recommended you remain cautious, and in most cases, to reduce your stock exposure. I thought p...
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By Professor Ricardo “Rick” Ulivi, Ph.D. March 2017 Inflation is a terrible economic variable because it lowers most people’s standard of living. A few, of course, can benefit from inflatio...