Evercore Publishes Independent Thinking, Volume 41

Record high asset valuations and record low yields, the prospects for inflation in the wake of $3.9 trillion in U.S. fiscal stimulus, and the likelihood of rising taxes and related planning strategies are all topics addressed in the 41st edition…

Jason Sobol on Business Transaction Planning

Editor’s note: Jason Sobol is a Senior Managing Director of Media and Information Investment Banking at Evercore and the Co-Head of U.S. Advisory. He focuses on advising companies in the information and media sectors, and in the past year he…

What Next? Investing in a Changed World

Sky-high asset prices and record-low yields make for a dramatic investment landscape, a far cry from the one that global central bankers set out to shape years ago when they embarked on sweeping stimulus efforts, first to recover from the…

Time to Plan for Progressive Tax Changes

The Biden Administration’s majority in both the House and the Senate, while slim, could result in tax legislation aimed at high net worth individuals and at corporations. Negotiations will require compromise and perhaps budget reconciliation, which allows passage with just…

Inflation, But Not As We Usually Know It

Inflation, said the late economist Milton Friedman, is taxation without legislation. In that context, it’s not surprising that the strikingly low consumer price inflation of the past 20 years continues to support outperformance in both stocks and bonds. But other…

Connecting the Blocks: A Blockchain Primer

Blockchain is well named. At its core a specific type of database, a blockchain collects data together into groups, or “blocks,” which store digital information, such as financial transactions or asset ownership records. Imagine a series of these blocks. Each…

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