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By Kevin Chambers

The University of Chicago Booth School of Business is regarded as one of the most prestigious business institutions in the country. About once a month they send a statement to around 50 of our country’s leading economist. Topics range from statements about Bitcoin, employment, taxes, refugees, to even considering paying NCAA athletes. Often the distributions are pretty spread. For example, in December they asked the economist’s opinion on the following statement: “Right now the US economy is operating at below maximum sustainable employment.”

By Kevin Chambers

One of the big news items this week was the announcement that General Electric, one of America’s most famous companies, was being taken out of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Although this made a lot of headlines, it doesn't really matter. And here is why.

The Dow Jones is one

By Kevin Chambers

The BLS announced earlier this month that the unemployment rate in the US dropped to 3.9%. This is the lowest rate since the Clinton administration. One would think that

By Kevin Chambers

At your local bank, there are many different types of accounts you can open: checking, savings, CDs, or money market. In your brokerage account, for example at Fidelity Investment, cash is invested in a money market fund. While each of these types of accounts have advantages and disadvantages, let’s look at

By Kevin Chambers

So it is officially official. Kevin has graduated from the MBA program at Willamette University.  I know, we already announced his graduation, but this last weekend was the ceremony.  So it is now officially official.  Congratulations, Kevin.

By Kevin Chambers

By Kevin Chambers