by James Yang | Jun 30, 2015 | blog
A friend who is a personal asset manager at Goldman Sachs once said she would hire someone to manage her portfolio. I was surprised and asked why since she does this for a living. She said it is difficult to invest wisely when you’re emotionally involved. By...
by James Yang | Sep 23, 2014 | blog
An email popped in my box from my financial advisor about the Alibaba IPO. Many clients were interested and he advised against it because he felt people were too enthusiastic. By coincidence I had received an assignment from Dan Smith from the Wall St Journal about...
by James Yang | Jul 15, 2014 | blog
Everyone is thinking about millennials these days if the number of assignments I have are any indication. People want to reach them and figure out how they tick. Many of my friends are millennials who have been nothing but helpful in keeping me up to snuff in the ever...
by James Yang | Dec 3, 2013 | blog, editorial
Emerging Markets have been a big theme for the last few years even though many of the “Emerging” countries are much older than the US. This was an illustration for Orlie Kraus for the Weekend Wall Street Journal with a quiz for investors about investing in...
by James Yang | Aug 6, 2013 | blog
Had a very nice coincidence this week. I received an email from the previous tenant to our apartment. We had met before and were happy when he chose us to take over his lease. He was excited about being quoted for the first time in the Wall St Journal and when looking...
