Dear Clients, I wanted to take a moment to wish you and your families a happy and healthy holiday season . It has been a pleasure working with you this past year, and we are grateful for the trust you continue to place in us. 2025 was an important  year of progress for Astoria, and I wanted to highlight a few notable firm enhancements. We expanded headcount in several key areas. Bruce Lavine joined us as Chief Operating Officer  and now leads our ETF division . Will Pham join

Source: ETF.com . November 20, 2025 Warranties & Disclaimer There are no warranties implied. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Information presented herein is for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investments involve risk and, unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. The returns in this report are based on data from f

Source ChampC I read an article that bonds are having a “good year” as the AGG index is up 7% year to date (as of Nov. 11, 2025). That’s great, but the reality is investors lost nearly 50% of that to inflation, according to government statistics ( CPI Report ). And if you incorporate “real world inflation,” I estimate that investors could have lost significantly more of their total return to inflation. Investors, we have argued for the past 5+ years, should own tangible asset

Source: Wix Media In a recent report, J.P. Morgan (click here ) made headlines by highlighting what it calls the “debasement trade.”  The...

The chart from Goldman Sachs highlights how speculative behavior surged in U.S. equities in Q2 2025 following the “Liberation Day” market...

Written by John Davi I just got back from Sicily, where my family, my brother’s family, and my parents visited Torretta , the town where...