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Adem Tumerkan • Recent
What Is a Dollar Shortage? How a Strong USD Threatens the Global Economy
A global dollar shortage is squeezing emerging markets as higher U.S. rates and a strong dollar make debts harder to repay and trade costlier.
MacroCurrenciesMarkets
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
What a Weak Dollar Means for Inflation, Markets, and Clients
Learn what a weak dollar means for inflation, imports, markets, client portfolios and how financial advisors can explain these changes
Morning PourCurrenciesMarkets
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
The Flaws of a BRICS Currency: Why De-Dollarization Won’t Succeed (For Now)
Despite de-dollarization headlines, BRICS nations depend on Western deficits. Here’s why a BRICS currency faces deep structural limits.
MacroCurrenciesMarketsBRICS
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Adem Tumerkan • Recent
Prices Are Set at the Margin: Why Small Trades Move Big Markets
Market prices are set by marginal buyers and sellers, not consensus - explaining sudden volatility, liquidity shocks, rapid repricing and more.
MarketsMental Toolbox
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
What Is DunhamDC? A Buy Fear, Sell Greed Investment Strategy
Discover DunhamDC, an innovative investment strategy that buys during market fear and sells during greed, inspired by Warren Buffett and Ben Graham's timeless wisdom.
DunhamDCMarkets
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
8 Powerful Analogies to Help Clients Understand the Stock Market
Explaining the stock market to clients can be challenging. Use these 8 simple analogies to help make these complex concepts more clear
MarketsFinancial Advisor
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
Why Crypto Has Value: Understanding BTC, ETH, and SOL as Financial Infrastructure
Why does cryptocurrency have value? Learn how Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana can function as global financial infrastructure - not just speculative coins.
CryptoMarketsFinancial Advisor
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
Warren Buffett’s Investing Lessons: Principles, Strategies, & Examples
Learn Warren Buffett’s key investing lessons that've made him great - from margin of safety and emotional discipline to buying great businesses during market fear
DunhamDCMarketsMental Toolbox
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
Fiscal Dominance: Why Rising Government Deficits Are Undermining the Fed
Fiscal dominance occurs when government deficits overpower monetary policy. Learn how rising debt is weakening the Fed’s ability to control inflation.
MacroInflationDebt & Credit
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
Understanding Inflation: The 3 Types & Why Prices Keep Rising
Learn how demand-pull, cost-push, and monetary inflation work and how all three drove post-pandemic price surges that still affect investors today.
InflationMarketsCycles
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
Overnight Reverse Repo: What it is and Why Liquidity Is Drying Up
Learn how the overnight reverse repo works, why usage has collapsed, and what shrinking liquidity could mean for markets and financial stability.
LiquidityBankingMarkets
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
AI’s Depreciation Trap, Extreme Fear on Wall Street, and the Housing Cool-Down
This post was authored The AI depreciation trap, extreme market fear as liquidity shifts, and a broad U.S. housing slowdown as prices and affordability fall.
Deep DiveAIMarketsHousing
Adem Tumerkan • Recent
The Volatility Tax: How Sharp Market Losses Destroy Long-Term Returns
The volatility tax is the hidden cost of large market drawdowns. Learn how volatility damages compounding returns—and why defense matters.
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