Great articles don’t always get the readership they deserve. We’ve posted the 10 most-widely read articles for the past year here. Below are another 10 that you might have missed, but I believe merit reading:
1. Don’t Be Fooled by the Yield Curve
By Laurence B. Siegel, 8/20/18
For the first time in at least 40 years, there’s a fundamental economic reason that a yield curve near-inversion might not herald a recession.
2. Byron Wien on Trump, Trade, Deficits and Thucydides
By Laurence B. Siegel, 7/9/18
Byron Wien discusses what people don’t recognize about Donald Trump, the future of Italy and the E.U. and whether federal deficits will be inflationary.
3. Six Phrases You Should Never Use About Insurance
By Sara Grillo, 9/18/18
September is life insurance awareness month so I thought I’d celebrate by cautioning against the worst clichés frequently used when selling insurance.
4. Three Emerging Trends That Are Upending Our Profession
By Bob Veres, 3/19/18
Last year, I made a number of bold predictions about how the advisory profession is evolving, and what firms are going to have to do to stay ahead of the curve. How have my predictions held up? Here are three transformations that will force every advisory firm to adapt.
5. “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown”: A Conversation with Jack Bogle
By Laurence B. Siegel, 1/22/18
In this far-reaching interview, Jack Bogle comments on the future of index funds, argues that the value premium has been arbitraged away and attacks publicly-held mutual fund companies.
6. Niall Ferguson: The Destructive Power of Social Networks
By Robert Huebscher, 10/29/18
The conventional wisdom promoted by the developers of social networks was that they would provide immense benefits to society through faster and broader connectivity. That view was shattered by Niall Ferguson, who called services like Facebook and Twitter “crazy ideas gone viral, with deeply negative implications.”
