Fans of the Sci-Fi classic “Star Trek” no doubt know about “The Trouble with Tribbles.” That was the title of one of the most memorable episodes from the original TV series, an episode that first aired on Dec. 29, 1967 (for all you Trekkies out there). The episode also happens to be my favorite, and […]
For investors looking to get the most “bank” for their buck, one such banking exchange-traded fund (ETF) may be an interesting play. While banking sector stocks have sunk to depths not seen since the 2008 financial crisis, it has been abundantly clear that the Fed is willing to move mountains to resolve this problem… for […]
Investors are often interested in finding the “next big thing” before it becomes huge. Successfully predicting the next trends in markets can potentially offer windfalls — consider, for example, the results of investing in Google in 2004. Although an ETF might not produce massive results in the way a single company stock can, it could […]
Make Every Day Someone’s Birthday Today, March 22, is my mother’s birthday. And as fate would have it, she is a spry and spunky 86-year-old with a penchant for literature, current events and cats. Now, if you know me, you know the idiom “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” applies here, as I […]
Cloud computing. It has become the “It Girl” of the internet age, and despite its huge growth over the past several years, cloud computing remains a still-growing industry that is becoming increasingly important within the technology center. The technology allows individuals and businesses to store files on a remote database that is accessible via the […]
When you wake up to news of banks failing, stocks tumbling and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) swooping in to “save” the 16th largest bank in the country, you have to ask yourself: What is the deal with banks? Simply put, the deal here is that last Friday, venture-focused Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) failed, […]