China’s Growth Has Been Stunning but Cracks Are Showing
AMG’s Chairman Earl Wright dissected China’s rise to the world’s second largest economy and its future global implications with international experts Robert Kaplan and Dr. Harry Broadman.
Exciting New Features Available for Your AMG Debit Card
Your AMG debit card now has several new security features accessible through the AMG Bank for Mobile app on your phone and other devices. Now you can: Activate/Deactivate – With the swipe of a button, you can turn “off” your debit card if you misplace it or don’t want it used. Then turn it “on” when…
Beating The Benchmark Takes Patience and Discipline
QUESTION: Can you beat the S&P 500 and other top index funds? ANSWER: It depends on the time frame. While it’s possible to outperform the S&P, research shows that the outperformance will be lumpy with some significant periods of underperformance. To understand why, here is a brief history lesson. Decades ago Wall Street spread the…
U.S. Labor Force Growth and the Impact of Public Policy
A rebound in U.S. labor force growth on the heels of public policy support could drive higher U.S. potential GDP growth and lengthen the current economic expansion.
Labor Force Participation and GDP Growth
Long-term declines in participation for key groups of American workers have driven the labor force participation rate down, but there are policy solutions that can mitigate future declines.
The Secret to Investing: Deducing Tomorrow Today
Investing in last year’s hot stocks, indexes or managers is a sure way of underachieving in tomorrow’s financial markets. Exceptions exist, but academic studies verify this time and again. So what is the secret to better investment performance? Don’t invest for the short run, and anticipate the future. We at AMG spend considerable time and…
Remember It’s Your Wealth Before Their Inheritance
QUESTION: I’m getting married again, but my kids are worried it will adversely affect their inheritances. What should I do? ANSWER: Before you do anything, take a moment and remember that it is your wealth before it becomes their inheritance, and while it is important to communicate your decisions and priorities to your family, it…
The U.S. Wage Growth Mystery
Demographics and underemployment have held back wage growth in recent years, but key measures show that employment costs are accelerating.
An Honest Look at Global Debt
Global debt levels currently appear manageable due to record-low interest rates, but growing amounts of corporate debt in emerging markets and rising global borrowing costs pose potential risks.
Community Banking Institutions Offer What Others Can’t
Since the Great Recession, American banks have been squeezed by failures, mergers and now a wave of lenders making loans only via the Internet. The number of banks has fallen from 7,279 in 2007 to less than 5,000 today. Community banks, those with less than $10 billion in assets, have been hardest hit, but those…