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Why investors should care about infrastructure
Every four years, the American Society of Civil Engineers issues a report card with letter grades reflecting the condition and performance of the nation's infrastructure -- and the current grade average sits at a miserable D+. Airports, bridges, levees, ports, public...
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The Helm: 2018 in review, 2019 in focus
Welcome to Cardan Capital Partners’ third edition of “The Helm,” a quarterly market update providing a quick-hit look at general portfolio changes, our read of the markets and what we see ahead. Later this year, we will roll out a quarterly chart-book highlighting the...
read moreMarket update: Federal Reserve rate hike
The Federal Reserve today announced its decision to proceed with a December rate hike of the federal funds rate. This is the fourth rate hike in 2018 and the ninth since the Fed started raising rates in 2015, each time with an increase of a quarter-percentage point...
read morePsychologist: We’re not the logical, rational thinkers we fancy ourselves
Cardan Capital Partners is home to avid readers who are happy to recommend good books, news and industry reports, websites and articles — and not just about finance, either. Our latest: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman This award-winning book from 2011 is...
read moreRecommended reading: Journey from isolated survivalist to scholar
Cardan Capital Partners is home to avid readers who are happy to recommend good books, news and industry reports, websites and articles — and not just about finance, either. Our latest: Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover Heavy — but compelling — reading alert:...
read moreMarket update on global stock market drop
Global stock markets dropped sharply today with the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ each falling more than 3%. The catalysts appear to have been concerns over the truce in the trade war between the United States and China, uncertainty over the outcome of Brexit, and an...
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End of Year 2018 — Maneuvering Delicately
“Every past decline looks like an opportunity, every future decline looks like a risk.” Morgan Housel If past declines look like opportunities and future declines look like risk, declines lived in real-time are trials of patience and fortitude. The uncertainty around...
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Meet Denver’s University Preparatory Schools
Cardan Capital Partners is committed to making our community a better place to live and work — and we’re inspired by all of the great things we see happening at University Preparatory Schools, a high-performing public charter school network with two campuses in Near...
read moreComparative government rates overseas may surprise you
In June 2007, three months before the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the start of the Great Financial Crisis in earnest, the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was at 5% before falling to a historical low of 1.39% in July 2012. Yields increased for a short time thereafter...
read more3 takeaways from former Fed Reserve Chair Yellen
Recession isn’t imminent although current GDP growth puts the economy at risk of overheating absent improvements in productivity, Former Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently said.
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Cardan salutes military veterans
We’re grateful for the men and women who have served our country. In recognition of those who have sacrificed so much, we have made a donation on this Veterans Day to the Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. The...
read moreTax-loss harvesting could mitigate market losses
Deutsche Bank AG recently analyzed 74 diverse asset classes globally. The chart below shows that 2018 is on track to be one of the worst ever for market environments according to at least one metric: A full 89 percent of asset classes have returned losses in U.S....
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The Helm: Q3 2018 Update
Welcome to Cardan Capital Partners’ second edition of “The Helm,” a quarterly market update providing a quick-hit look at general portfolio changes, our read of the markets and what we see ahead. We’re happy to provide our clients with more details — and we also...
read moreGreat Read: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Cardan Capital Partners is home to avid readers who are happy to recommend good books, news and industry reports, websites and articles — and not just about finance, either. Our latest: Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk by Peter L. Bernstein In this...
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Midterm elections to bring investors trick or treat?
The U.S. congressional midterm elections roll around every four years, inviting plenty of speculation about how the outcome will affect markets -- possibly delighting or spooking investors. Rather than play along with pundits’ political guts, we prefer to take a look...
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Stock tumult in Q4 2018
Asset classes are springing leaks at a rapid rate in the 4th quarter of 2018. In particular, global stock markets suddenly cast aside their complacency and sold off sharply with cascading events Oct. 10-11. Major U.S. indexes were down approximately -5.0% over those...
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Keys joins Colorado Thought Leaders Forum board of advisors
Cardan Capital Partners co-founder Sarah Keys has joined the board of advisors of Colorado Thought Leaders Forum, a dynamic and highly collaborative community aimed squarely at helping senior business executives across the state become “heart-level leaders.” Here’s...
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2018: Bond Discontent
2018 has been a trying year for bond investors. As of this writing, the Bloomberg Barclays Aggregate Bond Index is on track for the second worst year in its entire history (since 1976), down -2.49% year to date. Since 1976, the index has had a negative total return...
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How tech affects mental health
Community service is a core value of Cardan Capital Partners -- so it was our firm's honor to sponsor two tables at the 8th Annual CU Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center's Luncheon. This year's Oct. 5 event tackled the subject of...
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Ross Fox joins board of Johnson Depression Center
Cardan Capital Partners is pleased to announce that co-founding partner Ross Fox has joined the board of directors of the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Depression Center at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. Established in 2008, the Johnson Depression...
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