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What A Year and What A Difference A Year Makes…
For those who are faint of heart, it is probably best not to search one’s memory regarding market conditions last November. It was an “ugly” time with markets around the world cracking and fast approaching…
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Watchful…
Above is a useful tool to quickly determine if the U.S. is in or is about to enter a recession, which might herald a sharp downturn (i.e. >20%) in equity prices. There are seven indicators…
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Abuse The Dollar At Our Own Risk…
It was Robert Rubin, Treasury Secretary under Bill Clinton, who opined that a strong dollar was in the best interests of the United States of America. It was that philosophy which has continued to reign…
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Buffetted by Crosscurrents…
It is easy to be distracted. It is simple to lose sight of the “prize”. The future is never clear and the present is often confusing. Doubts swirl, “second guessing” runs rampant and worries abound…
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Healthcare For All…
It is a nice sentiment. It is an altruistic sentiment. It is a naïve sentiment, if it is expected by voters to be accomplished in the near term. In the U.S. we have a healthcare…
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Whirlpool Announces…
This commentary is not about Whirlpool, despite the title – but about tariffs. It is about how Whirlpool’s shareholders benefited from increased earnings because of tariffs and how American consumers paid higher prices for both…
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Barn Burner…
Investor spirits might have been low at year end 2018 – but certainly that desultory sentiment has dissipated over the first three months of the new year, as markets around the world have climbed almost…
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A Rethink and Perhaps a Redo…
A couple of years ago, our British cousins took on a populist vote and elected to remove Great Britain from the great “European Experiment”, the European Union. The English voter declared they were tired of…
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