2026

AI has quickly become one of the most popular sources of financial guidance, and the shift happened almost overnight. According to an Intuit Credit Karma survey, two-thirds of Americans who have used generative AI say they have turned to it…

“Wall Street Expects the Market to Keep Rallying in 2026 Despite Lofty Valuations.” “Oil Prices and Stocks Inch Up as Investors Weigh Jobs Data and Gulf Stalemate.”  “A.I. Populism Is Here. And No One Is Ready.” The financial media is…

For the past two years, commercial real estate has existed in an uncomfortable limbo. Interest rates reset quickly, property values did not, and transaction volume collapsed as buyers and sellers stared at one another across an unbridgeable pricing gap. Today,…

Recently, a federal jury in New York decided that Live Nation Entertainment, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has been operating as an illegal monopoly. The verdict found that the global and most famous ticketing company has abused its dominance in…

Over the past couple of years, it has seemed difficult to find business headlines that do not reference terms like “agentic AI,” “AI-driven workflow automation,” and “multi-hundred-billion-dollar hardware deal announced.” As the torrent of new information regarding AI model capabilities…

I emigrated from the UK to the US in 1996. Since then, my country of birth has changed, as have I. My visits to my old country usually make me feel like the old cliché: “a stranger in my own…

I recently spent a weekend with a friend in Mountain City, Tennessee, a small Appalachian town at 2,400 feet, surrounded by stunning mountain ridges and good people. It is a town that has been losing its economic footing for decades.…

My daughter competed in a USA Gymnastics state meet this weekend. The girls were judged on many elements. It caused me to ponder a possible analogy to the way people manage their money. A lot of folks approach money with…

Another college graduation period is almost upon us. I was recently asked by a client to talk to their soon-to-graduate son about how to get a job in an increasingly difficult labor market. I agreed. The client asked me what…

Early 2026 has proven to be a season of upheaval.  In technology boardrooms, technology stock prices, and even on the ice in Milan, we are seeing signs of disruption. Four stories, seemingly unrelated, together paint a picture of a world in…