Frank Byrd, CFA, CFP®
Apr 19, 2023
Two Choices, One Hope
US government debt now totals $31 trillion, which equates to roughly $240,000 per American household. That's bigger than the average...
Frank Byrd and Steve Korn
Nov 9, 2022
Look Who's Buying Gold
"The arithmetic makes it plain that inflation is a far more devastating tax than anything that has been enacted by our legislatures." -...
Frank Byrd and Steve Korn
Jun 17, 2022
Inflation Head Fake?
Investors’ sentiment today is even more negative than during COVID.* The fear is that Fed Chairman Powell will transform into Paul...
Frank Byrd and Steve Korn
May 20, 2022
Inflation in 7 Pictures
Markets have declined broadly in the last several weeks. The reason is inflation. In this video, we describe in just 7 minutes with 7...
Frank Byrd and Steve Korn
Nov 24, 2021
The Price of People
“Just as individuals are born, mature, breed, and die, so do societies and civilizations and governments.” ― Frank Herbert, Children of...
Frank Byrd and Stephen Korn
Sep 7, 2020
Where's the Lemonade?
Your hard-earned capital is stored labor. It represents the virtues of hard work, thrift, and delayed gratification. It thus deserves to...
Frank Byrd and Steve Korn
Aug 26, 2020
Adapt ... Now
Game Over We are witnessing, in real time, policy makers employ a new level of financial activism. Their old toolkit was to lower...
Frank Byrd and Stephen Korn
May 18, 2019
The Illusion of Safety
"We mustn't lose touch with those moments of history, which are really quite chaotic and volatile… The idea that the worst thing that...
Frank Byrd, CFA
Feb 10, 2019
The Ultimate Signpost
On the Money: “What amazes me more than any spectacle of boom-and-bust is our capacity as a species to witness speculative bubble...
Frank Byrd, CFA
Jan 14, 2019
Bargain? Or Devil's Bargain?
Bargain? Or Devil's Bargain? No one asked for falling securities prices for the Holidays, but that’s what we got. Then we've had to...