Few industries have benefited more from the COVID-19 pandemic than the videogame industry, or “gaming.” The pandemic has...
The Growth of Video Gaming Could Be a Win for Investors
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Articles and Resources
From The FourThought Team
Changes We’re Making in This New Season
(To download a printable pdf of this paper please click here.) To say a lot has changed in the last three months is an understatement. In our last white paper, “Don’t Sound the Alarm Until You See the Whites of their Eyes,” we drew the analogy of “wolves” out in the...
Bad or No Estate Planning: A Deadly Mistake
Pay Attention to the Details Now to Prevent Chaos Later When Pablo Picasso died, he did so having failed to ever draft a will. Many of his paintings were used to settle a huge tax bill to France, via transfer to the Musée Picasso in Paris. The rest were fought over by...
Technology is Fueling Our Lives and Investments, But Should We be Worried?
If someone had given you $1 million to invest in 1970, then told you that the global population of 3.7 billion would double over the next 50 years, what would you have invested in? At the time, many would have gone for commodities. More people means more food, more...
What the Bubba Wallace Story Can Teach Us About Investing in This Moment
When a hangman’s noose was found in the garage of Black NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace, there was an immediate cry for justice and widespread horror that such events are still taking place. The story unfolded differently, and in hindsight can teach something about...
Four Facts for June 24, 2020: Treasury Yields, Tech Stocks and Missing Out on Economic Recovery
Five Trends from Covid-19 and How They May Affect What We Invest In
At FourThought Private Wealth we have four main investing principals. First, we acknowledge that we are not gods and thus cannot predict the future. This speaks to the necessary humility that is required in investing and life planning. We are not in control and need...
On Mixed News from the Fed, We’re Doing What We Always Have: Investing in Quality Companies
Two days ago, on June 10 of this week, the Federal Reserve met and proclaimed their intentions: they plan to keep interest rates at or near zero for the foreseeable future. There will be little to no rate increase until at least 2022. And, according to Fed Chairman...
The Tale of Two Sisters: Understanding Sequence Risk in Investing
Once upon a time, there were two sisters. Although the sisters were born ten years apart, they could have been mistaken for identical twins. They both worked hard for many years to build nest eggs for their retirement. The Older Sister Retires with $1 Million to...
Four Facts for May 29: Hong Kong, Brazil and a Vaccine on the Horizon?
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12 Ways to Fight Cyber Criminals and Achieve Online Financial Security
Cyber criminals will take advantage of any situation, and the coronavirus crisis is no exception. Since the pandemic and related quarantining began, the FBI says it has seen a spike in cybercrimes reported to its Internet Crime Complaint Center, with scammers...
Video Resources
From The FourThought Team
FourThought’s Fourcast Q1 2021
https://vimeo.com/511274618 Enjoy our short video with highlights of our economic analysis and commentary for the...
Four Facts for April 27: Comparing Current Unemployment to 2008 and More
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Four Facts for April 20: Zoom’s Market Cap and More
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