Oops, I Did It Again| April 2019

“Heads I win, tails you lose.” Norville “Shaggy” Rogers Becoming better investors involves learning from mistakes, our own and those of others.  While some lessons need to be learnt the hard way, the preferred method is to draw wisdom from the missteps of others.  It...

Exit Stage Left| January 2019

“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players” William Shakespeare From his days as a businessman and TV personality to his tenure in the White House, the President has never shied away from the spotlight.  With his and China’s cold trade...

Show Me The Data | December 2018

“Only time will tell if it was time well-spent.” Jimmy Buffett With calendars flipping from December to January, we rang in the new year and bid adieu to 2018. For most portfolio managers and investors, this was not a sad farewell. Equities endured their worst...

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly| November 2018

“In the short run, the market is a voting machine, but in the long run it is a weighing machine.” Benjamin Graham Although November marks the Day of Remembrance, for most credit managers it was a month they’d rather forget. To borrow an analogy from investment...