Natalie Windle Fell

Markets are hitting record highs. Crypto is back in the headlines. But beneath the surface, something’s off.

Somewhere between the headlines and the airstrikes, the truth slips through the cracks. The script is messy, the stakes are high, and the plot twists just keep coming.

As we all try to keep pace with the never-ending barrage of news headlines, we're also reaching a turning point as a nation. We have crossed the threshold into the new world and answered the call. How we're answering it is no doubt causing shake ups.

The world was just blindsided by the surprising introduction of China's DeepSeek AI. Is this truly the beginning of the end of the AI hype era?

As we wind down from an exciting year on the world's stage, we're reflecting on what the big show had to offer. And boy, was it ever a production.

The dust is settling on the election and it's time to get back to business. We're zooming in on big tech and an important question for us as Factors.

Our election day hot take? The outcome will bring its own brand of chaos, no matter what. As heroes on the journey, we're playing the long game.

We've got two wars heating up, a fever dream election year, and world economies all aboard the crazy train. What will happen before we ring in 2025?

Now that the dust has settled on the Fed's recent 50 basis point rate cut, it's time to reflect on what the move means for small businesses, the economy, and the markets.

Our worldviews are shaped by many different elements. How we were raised, our life experience, and the battles we've won and lost along the journey all play a part.

We've had another couple of interesting weeks to reflect on and the excitement keeps on coming.

Where were you when the world ended and began all in the same day? We were right here, preparing for the next leg of the journey. We’re picking ourselves back up after a major whipsaw when the S&P 500 experienced both its worst and best single-day…

An un-inverted yield curve, a lousy jobs report, and mind boggling consumer debt walk into a bar…what do they order? If you guessed the recession special, you might be onto something. Here’s what we’re watching: Japanese markets crashed 20% over the…

When dial-up internet hit the scene back in the 90’s, I don’t think any of us knew what kind of game-changer it would ultimately be. The internet truly changed our collective journey as human beings. Who would have guessed our AOL chat rooms would…

Growing banking pressure, a fugazi stock market, and crazy jobs numbers have many of us thinking, “am I still on the right path?” Whose path is it, anyway? These mounting pressures combined with the fledgling consumer make for a pretty hectic…

For all of us heroes on the journey, the road continues to be rocky and unpredictable. At this point, it’s a wonder how we’re still hanging on, economically speaking and otherwise. Like others, we’ve got a few things on our radar this month: When…