Interest rates have been making headlines for the last 18 months—ever since the Federal Reserve first started hiking rates. People are wondering how long the rates are going to keep rising, borrowers are hoping for rates to go back down, and investors are taking real consideration for how rates affect the future of their portfolios.

Why breaking a window doesn't create more economic activity. A story from Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt and my thoughts on it.

There are some people in the world (and some policy makers too) who fall prey to the idea that direct intervention with the economic environment is the best way to stimulate growth.

If you want to know what markets are going to do next, you have to understand the different types of cycles the market goes through. There are three primary types of cycles—we’ll dig into each and how to use them in your investing process.