WealthTrack
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We’re revisiting one of the major themes of 2017: the building risks in the financial markets, with leading financial risk expert Richard Bookstaber.
NEW THIS WEEK: WARNING SIGNS: ELEVATED MARKETS & BITCOIN
Financial historian, author, and investor, Professor Richard Sylla analyzes the riskiness of today’s record-breaking markets and phenomena like Bitcoin.
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The impact of the election. Lessons from the past and strategies for the future with noted financial historian Richard Sylla and leading investment strategist Jason Trennert.
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SYLLA: CONCISE BIOGRAPHY If you want to learn more about Alexander Hamilton’s fascinating life and his invaluable contributions to the founding of America, there is now an alternative to wading through the 800 page best seller, “Hamilton” by Ron Chernow. WEALTHTRACK guest and noted financial historian, Richard Sylla has just written a much shorter and […]
We are tackling one of the most debated issues in business, what is the primary responsibility of corporations? Is it to maximize shareholder value as it is now, or also serve the interests of other stakeholders including customers, suppliers, employees and the community?
How would you rate the overall state of moral values in this country today? That’s the question the Gallup organization asks Americans every year. This year’s answers were not atypical. Only 2% of Americans surveyed rated our moral values as excellent – 42% said they were poor – and 74% felt that values were getting worse, not better. How does this translate to the business world? We’ll discuss the state of corporate morality. Financial historian Richard Sylla and award-winning financial editor Paul Steiger discuss how companies have become fixated on short-term stock prices to the exclusion of broader, long-term goals.
Is the 100th anniversary of the creation of the Federal Reserve a cause for celebration or condemnation? Has the Fed, as Ben Bernanke said, “come full circle back to the original goal of preventing financial panics? Two financial historians, James Grant and Richard Sylla, debate the benefits and dangers of the Fed and explore its history with us.
