Lewis Carroll’s Answer:
“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”
“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.
“I don’t much care where–” said Alice.
“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat.
“–so long as I get SOMEWHERE,” Alice added as an explanation.
“Oh, you’re sure to do that,” said the Cat, “if you only walk long enough.”
-Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6
This Week’s Quiz Question!
At what age does the R.M.D., Required Minimum Distribution, go over 6%?
a. 70 ½
b. 76
c. 82
d. 91
This Week’s Financial Weatherman Reports
Dow Jones Industrial Average Index (Approx. 5 years)
-Courtesy of Bloomberg
Standard and Poor’s Index Earnings per Share (Approx. 7 years)
-Courtesy of Bloomberg
C.B.O.E Short Term Interest Rate Index, 5 Year Treasury Note Yield Index & 30 Year Treasury Bond Yield Index (Approx. 5 Years)
-Courtesy of Bloomberg
Alerian M.L.P. Index and West Texas Intermediate Crude Price (Approx. 5 Years)
-Courtesy of Bloomberg
Texas Pacific Land Trust (Approx. 10 Years)
-Courtesy of Bloomberg
Headline Round Up!
*Pipeline Bonanza! Dallas Based Energy Transfer Restructures. What does ETP’s 10%+ one day gain mean for investors?
*LNG Ship Shortage Projected as Soon as 2019!
*Pipeline Demanding Overwhelming Current Infrastructure. New Pipes Underway!
*Liquid Natural Gas Hits All Time High! China Opening 8 New LNG Import Terminals.
*Private Equity Updates: Mergers and Acquisitions in Pipelines Accelerate.
*Your House Value is Going Up But Not as Fast.
*Pending Home Sales Rise Nationally.
*Federal Reserve Short Rates Steady. What is likely in the next 6 months and what does it mean for investors?
*Apple First Trillion Dollar Market Cap!
*Big is Beautiful: Carlyle Raises $12.3 Billion in Q2, a 40% Increase! Where will that private equity money go?
*More Jobs!
*Fire It Up! U.S. Cannabis Sales Projected to Reach $20 Billion by 2022!
*Tesla Doubles Losses But Burns Less Cash?
*The Answer, My Friend, Is Blowin’ in the Wind! 16% Offshore Wind Power Growth Annually?
*Price Increases Anticipating Tariff Impacts: Steel up 33% and Aluminum Up 11% in for 2018.
The Profit Report:
The Biggest Endowment in the U.S.? University of Texas vs. Harvard!
Trustee Boot Camp: Rich millennials go to rich kid bootcamp!
*What should investors be doing this summer before October? Hint: call your C.P.A. and Estate Planning attorney.
*Second Half 2018 Strategy Updates.
*401k Mistakes to Avoid.
The Cash Flow Revolution:
*Interest Rate Updates: Money Markets, Treasuries, Corporates, and more.
*What pays more and is less volatile than stocks?