#john-economos

#john-economos

This is a tough environment. It reminds me of the motto: Stay calm, stay positive, never give up. Conditions are not always perfect. There's noise, but you stay the course-you don't lose sight of what's important.

Some financial experts recommend enjoying a portion of the windfall while allocating the rest towards savings or investments to ensure long-term benefits.

Occidental's operational story is strong, with Q4 2025 production hitting 1,481 thousand barrels of oil equivalent per day, exceeding guidance, and the Permian Basin setting a record at 800 Mboed in Q3 2025.

It's possible one day we'll do something like that. We're not going to be in sports. We're not going to be in politics. There's a bunch of stuff we won't do.

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF offers pure market beta at an expense ratio of 0.03%, with top holdings like NVIDIA and Apple making up over 36% of the fund.

The Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund (NYSEARCA:DBC) is up 42% over the past year, and nearly 29% year-to-date. These gains reflect a war that has scrambled global commodity supply chains from crude oil to wheat to fertilizer.

If you are using this as a fixed income substitute, you're going to have some really mad clients if and when there is an actual bear market.

NDIV generates income from two sources: dividends from energy and natural resources companies and a covered call strategy that sells call options on its holdings, collecting upfront premiums.

Hedge funds and other money managers spent $2.8 billion on alternative data in 2025, according to a new report from consultancy Neudata, a 17% jump from the year before. It's more than double what asset managers spent on alternative data in 2021, which includes a wide range of non-traditional information sources. The report projects that the total spend on alternative datasets could jump to more than $23 billion in the consultancy's bull case in 2030 and just under $8 billion in the bear case.