Volatility is Back

China has been creating "investor angst" recently. The Shanghai Composite Index has been on a wild roller coaster ride and some investors just assume that what is bad for China is bad for the rest of the world. After hitting a high of 5,166 in mid-June, the Shanghai Composite Index has gone on a two…

Best Practices to Combat Email Fraud

Emerging Fraud Trend: Hostile Email Account Takeover. Boyer & Corporon Wealth Management received an email from whom we thought was a client requesting we wire $85,000 to an overseas account. The email was very authentic at first glance and it was sent from our client’s Gmail account. It was not a new dialogue, but rather…

Republicans Trumped

I watched the “Republican Candidates Debate” last Thursday evening. This early in the campaign, watching the event is something you typically do when you have no other plans. However, the first Republican debate was some of the better prime time programming shown on television in a while.  Donald Trump was a total wild card and…

Greece Needs to Switch Conferences

In the Trains, Cranes and Demographics Investment Commentary, I noted the impressive number of construction cranes I saw throughout Switzerland in April. Cranes are a sign of economic activity and optimism about the future. Although Switzerland was the only place I noticed a plethora of cranes, recent numbers reveal that economic growth has been slowly…