Practical Contrarian Blog
Our feedback on current trends, predictions for the future and other insights that empower investors around the world.
Is the S&P Extremely Overvalued Now: A Minsky Moment?
Hyman Minsky characterized euphoric, frothy and irrationally exuberant markets as the necessary underpinnings of stability that fuel speculative manias. In short, conditions of low uncertainty when market participants are lined up on one side of the market provide the...
The Rise of Wealth Management Consulting for Tech Entrepreneurs
We are living in a world that changes by the minute if not second and that has spurred a new wave of tech entrepreneurs with great ideas leading to unimagined success, though once you jump on that crazy raft and navigate the treacherous waters not only to survive but...
Is Crypto a Good Opportunity/Investment for Family Offices?
The financial markets can at times be characterized by the presence of animal spirits, and the recent boom in cryptocurrencies fits this order. While we have been receiving a lot of questions around investing in cryptocurrencies and the value of their inclusion in...
What Does a Wealth Management Consultant Do? The True Value
It may sound cliché though wealth management consulting at the highest level is like being a knight in shining armor where you are coming in to make a difference and do what’s right for your client while creating a clear separation from external obligations/contracts...
3 Ways Global Financial Institutions Can Benefit From a Financial Consultant
There are times in life when you as a person or company operate in a bubble with blinders and sometimes it’s refreshing to bring in someone like a consultant that can shed new light on what’s doing well and other things that need to be improved. And whether you’re a...
Investment Strategies for Family Offices: 3 Ways to Maximize Free Cash Flow
Now that you have become wildly successful financially and made hundreds of millions if not billions on an exit by selling your company and are now able to step back from the day-to-day grind of running a big business, how are you going to preserve and grow your...
Wealth Management Consulting: What’s the Secret Behind the Curtain?
After guiding a wide variety of companies and individuals in this space it’s always interesting how there appears to be an aura of something magical behind the curtain yet in reality like many things in life, including the financial industry when it comes to wealth...
Family Office Financial Consultants: What Do They Bring to the Table?
There’s nothing better than getting together as a family and sitting down for dinner to enjoy a good meal, though what’s on the horizon and where will your family be in the next 5,10 or 20 years? And that’s where planning for the future is absolutely essential....
What is Wealth Management and Why Are Financial Consultants Important?
With success comes a point in our lives where we just can’t manage everything ourselves and be an expert in all of the opportunities on the table, and that’s where bringing in an experienced wealth management firm and/or financial consultant to help guide the...
3 Reasons Why High-Net-Worth Individuals Must Take Financial Planning Seriously
Over the years we have guided a wide variety of financial institutions ranging from family offices to executives at some of the biggest companies in the world and many times the success of those in the financial industry leads to them creating their own investment...