

AI - the Path Less Traveled
“This is the industrial revolution.” - Jensen Huang, Nvidia CEO Every article and talking head is now debating, "Is AI a bubble?" We believe "yes" and "no" - in a way that reminds us of our experience investing through the internet bubble 25 years ago. (Yes, we're that old.) In the following video Steve shares our nuanced view and how we're positioning client portfolios along a path less traveled - one we believe allows us to profit regardless of which AI model or technology
Frank Byrd, CFA, CFP®
Oct 18, 2025


Who Has the REAL Power
"In absolutes, we may lose our way… The patterns could guide and they could trap. One had to remember that patterns change."- Frank Herbert Children of Dune The New Power The past century has been about soft power. Those who had brains and influence conquered the old brutes who had the hard power. Software companies became more valuable than energy companies. Yet, the confluence of AI, stablecoins/crypto, EVs, and deglobalization may be reversing that reversal. And that mat
Frank Byrd, CFA, CFP®
Jul 16, 2025


Playing Defense and Offense During Trade Wars
"Nothing, however, can be more absurd than this whole doctrine of the balance of trade... When two places trade with one another, this...
Frank Byrd, CFA, CFP®
Apr 11, 2025


January Madness
"Knowledge itself is power." - Sir Francis Bacon (1597) "Power itself is knowledge." - Fielder Capital (2025) March Madness Comes Early...
Frank Byrd, CFA, CFP®
Feb 7, 2025


Our Election Day Prediction
Our Predictions for Election Day We aren’t political analysts, but we do have the conviction to make this one prediction about today’s...
Frank Byrd and Stephen Korn
Nov 5, 2024


Some Winners, Many Losers
Good Times? Are these good times or bad times? Depends on whom you ask. Wages are up 23% since just before COVID. Yet, this hasn’t kept...
Frank Byrd and Steve Korn
Oct 11, 2024


The Most Crowded Trade
“Indexing can't work well forever if almost everybody turns to it. But it will work all right for a long time.” ― Charlie Munger ( 1998 )...
Frank Byrd, CFA, CFP®
Jun 29, 2024


Record Failures of '23
“Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem” ― Henry Kissinger Markets hit new highs recently now that...
Frank Byrd, CFA
Feb 19, 2024


Opportunity as Banks Retreat
Banks: The New Public Utilities Following Silicon Valley Bank's failure earlier this year, banks have been less willing to make...
Frank Byrd and Steve Korn
Nov 19, 2023


Financial Repression Explained
"If the origin of the problem was too much debt, how can a policy that encourages the private and public sectors to accumulate more debt...
Frank Byrd, CFA, CFP®
Sep 11, 2023

