Best Practices to Combat Email Fraud

Emerging Fraud Trend: Hostile Email Account Takeover. Boyer & Corporon Wealth Management received an email from whom we thought was a client requesting we wire $85,000 to an overseas account. The email was very authentic at first glance and it was sent from our client’s Gmail account. It was not a new dialogue, but rather…

Republicans Trumped

I watched the “Republican Candidates Debate” last Thursday evening. This early in the campaign, watching the event is something you typically do when you have no other plans. However, the first Republican debate was some of the better prime time programming shown on television in a while.  Donald Trump was a total wild card and…

Greece Needs to Switch Conferences

In the Trains, Cranes and Demographics Investment Commentary, I noted the impressive number of construction cranes I saw throughout Switzerland in April. Cranes are a sign of economic activity and optimism about the future. Although Switzerland was the only place I noticed a plethora of cranes, recent numbers reveal that economic growth has been slowly…

Trains, Cranes & Demographics

Last month, I attended the annual conference of the CFA Institute, a gathering of Chartered Financial Analysts from all over the world. This year’s conference was held in Frankfurt, Germany, attracting more attendees from Europe and Asia than usual. My wife and I arrived a week early to take advantage of the opportunity to travel…