2024

The principles of fiduciary law have been around since the Romans. Chinese, Japanese, and British law incorporated these ideas. Even Judaic, Christian and Islamic scriptures address these principles. Today, fiduciary rules are prevalent in many areas of American law including…

It was a sunny Thursday morning in 2014 and the bank I was working at had just opened. I was sipping a cup of coffee and ready to greet our first customers as they entered our lobby. In walks a…

I live in Decatur, Georgia, a small, usually sleepy little town of around 27,000 residents. For context, that’s about the size of Key West, Florida or Bar Harbor, Maine. According to local legend, in the 1830’s, Decatur residents voted down…

I have just returned from teaching the “Money & Responsibility” program we run at Clare College, which is part of Cambridge University. We had one of the largest classes of students since the program started in 2009.  Students came from…

On Monday, August 5th, the U.S. stock market gapped down at the open, dropping as much as 4.25% intraday before recovering to close down by 3%. This marked the sharpest single-day decline in nearly two years. The market recovered over…

In the wake of the 2008 Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the financial services industry underwent a comprehensive review, leading to significant regulatory reforms. Among these, the emphasis on fiduciary duty for Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) emerged as a critical differentiator…

Short term drama tends to distract attention from long term thinking. There is no current shortage of short-term drama when it comes to American daily life. So, we should ask: what long-term issues are being downplayed, or outright ignored, as…

Last week a significant IT outage rippled through global systems, which ironically was triggered by a defect within a software update made by the global cloud cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike. The update caused approximately 8.5 million Microsoft 365 cloud devices around…

In the summer, conversations with friends and acquaintances often lead to the topic of travel plans. With schools on break and the days warmer and longer, many families opt to hit the highways or the tarmac in the summer months.…

Last Tuesday, Hurricane Beryl made landfall on Grenada’s Carriacou Island in the Caribbean as a Category 5 storm. This event marks the earliest recorded Category 5 hurricane to develop in the Atlantic, signaling a very early start to the hurricane…