Dean Rogers, CFA

Believe it or not, bull and bear fights were a once popular blood sport introduced by the Spanish conquistadors that ultimately became quite popular across California throughout much of...

For those that may not remember, this was the year that the Boston Red Sox ended the Curse of the Bambino by sweeping the Cardinals to win their first...

The first four months of 2022 have been characterized by a series of unpredictable events – including a jarring face slap at the Oscars, a swift and cinematic (pending)...

Markets work because we as humans are wired to be tenacious and hopeful proprietors of our own legacies – it’s part of our emotional DNA; but with that comes...

Trillions of dollars in monetary and fiscal stimulus have navigated its way through America’s plumbing, leaving some with green lawns and others with dirty dishes. As we collectively flirt...

In this paper, Dr. Shafer discussed whether history itself was more art or science, to which he concluded it was neither – rather, history is simply history. The same...

Of course the two largest stock exchanges – the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) – both reside in New...

Since 1981, the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has sponsored the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium – an annual convention gathering dozens of prominent central bankers, finance ministers, academics,...

The size and scale of this innovative wave makes sense when viewed through a historical lens, and this concept of innovative cycles was actually first introduced in 1942 when...