May 8, 2020 | Monthly Commentaries, Uncategorized
“There’ll be ups and downs, smiles and frowns.” Snoop Dogg Last month we noted that one of the greatest commodities right now is patience (apologies to the ‘gold bugs’). After all, the road to social and economic recovery could be long and jagged, and we...Apr 8, 2020 | Monthly Commentaries
“All we need is just a little patience.” Guns N’ Roses First and foremost, we hope that you and your family are safe, healthy, and coping well during these difficult times. One of the most frequently used words of this period is ‘unprecedented’. Accordingly, we...Mar 9, 2020 | Monthly Commentaries
“It’s a mess, ain’t it, Sheriff?” “If it ain’t, it’ll do till the mess gets here.” No Country for Old Men A big and often underappreciated part of any epidemic is fear. The basic emotion (Eckman, 1992a) that invokes extreme instinctual reactions that can...Feb 7, 2020 | Monthly Commentaries
“Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” Winston S. Churchill While our newborn, Fixed Income 2.0, has been getting a lot of attention lately, it was our firstborn that recently celebrated its fifth birthday. On...Jan 9, 2020 | Monthly Commentaries
“We have long felt that the only value of stock forecasters is to make fortune-tellers look good.” Warren Buffet Our minds inherently loathe uncertainty. Not knowing what to expect is unnerving, as it threatens our primary instinct to survive. Perhaps this explains...Dec 10, 2019 | Monthly Commentaries
“It was time to raise the bar higher, or lower if you’re doing limbo.” Frank Edwin Wright III (Tre Cool) In limbo, the bar has been set, or more appropriately lowered, to an astonishing height of 8.5 inches. On September 16th, 2010, Shemika ‘The Limbo Queen’ Charles...
