Jack Hough

2 weeks ago | barrons.com | Jack Hough

So far this month, iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond , an exchange-traded fund of long government bonds, has lost 5%, while Bitcoin has made 17%.

3 weeks ago | barrons.com | Jack Hough

“Good gracious a— bodacious,” called out a 50-year-old man recently to a gathered crowd of credit score enthusiasts. This was the Grammy-winning rapper Nelly performing his 2002 chart-topper “Hot in Herre” at FICO World, held on May 6-9 just north of Miami.

3 weeks ago | barrons.com | Jack Hough

I was raised Baptist, not Catholic, so there was no pope. The ecclesiastical structure of our church seemed less top-down than casserole-based, going by the number of potlucks. Doctrinally, we were dunkers at baptisms, not sprinklers. More to the point, there was no mention of purgatory, either at Sunday school or the grown-up service. So when I describe the current investing period as tariff purgatory, please don’t hold me to theological precision.

4 weeks ago | barrons.com | Jack Hough

I was raised Baptist, not Catholic, so there was no pope. The ecclesiastical structure of our church seemed less top-down than casserole-based, going by the number of potlucks. Doctrinally, we were dunkers at baptisms, not sprinklers. More to the point, there was no mention of purgatory, either at Sunday school or the grown-up service.

1 month ago | barrons.com | Jack Hough

Walt Disney stock jumped 11% to just over $102 on Wednesday on a well-received earnings report and plans for a new theme park in Abu Dhabi. To borrow from Star Wars film subtitles, is this a new hope for shareholders or more or a phantom menace?