Big Tech firms need to solve the S in ESG
The breadth of the ESG movement is hard to comprehend as the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow during October of this year showed. The accelerating pace of climate rule change was evident. But the Social and Governance elements of ESG have also grown this year.
eBooleant Founder Dr. Philip J. Fischer accepted into Forbes Finance Council
“It is with great pleasure that I join the Forbes Finance Council,” said Dr. Fischer.
New regulation jolts Crypto out of cloud
The mystery in crypto is about to go away. The IRS will know who owns what and at what price. It’s much less fun to invest that way. And we should expect the IRS to aggressively move to issue regulations and enforce them.
California needs to forget rainy day funds and buy an ark
It’s been a hard year of environmental events in the West. Surely it will seem odd to the current residents to think that they have been lucky. But they have.
Western fires won’t halt Westward ho
Western fires of enormous proportions are now tearing through our country. These should have been anticipated but because of externalities, the states burning will have diminished consequences, at least in the short run.
Stress Test the States
State finances offer an enormous systemic risk for the country as we have seen recently. For the too large to fail banks, the remedy for managing this type of risk has been stress testing and it should be extended in a politically appropriate way to the states.
Pricing Little Green Men
Whatever UFOs may or may not prove to be, the lack of disclosure makes economic evaluations of UFOs extremely difficult. If even a bit of the report proves to be true with its national security implications, investors can face the same crises they have in other recent events like the pandemic.
A COVID Lesson on Infrastructure
Dr. Philip Fischer clearly endorses large infrastructure investments, but thinks that this bill is off target. In his view, the disconnect between the COVID emergency, which we continue to experience, and future investment, is both illogical and dangerous.
They’re gonna write a book about this
Dr. Philip Fischer shares his thesis that the two inexorable factors of life, death and taxes, are headed materially higher in this COVID age. What’s going to be roaring here isn’t the flappers but the Fed.
If 2020 spells CHAOS, what does 2021 spell?
Dr. Philip Fischer shares his thesis that we will overcome the pandemic but at a high cost and that we need to look forward to the other challenges in 2021.
