by Joel Charalambakis | Dec 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
US CPI has come in hotter than most of the worrisome projectionswarned about, reaching the highest levels the economy has seen sincethe stagflation of the 1970s. The Federal Reserve has announced botha start to the tapering of asset purchases, as well as an...
by Joel Charalambakis | Nov 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Fish where the fish are” – Charlie Munger There’s an old story from the birth of the Norwegian oil market that has always stuck with me. In the 1960s the Norwegian economy was not a place that attracted a lot of capital. It was a subsistence economy built...
by Joel Charalambakis | Sep 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
“Some people are so far behind in a race that they actually believe they’re leading.” – Uncle Junior, The Sopranos The Global Financial Crisis often serves as a landmark or reference point for a broad swath of discourse even today, and rightly so....
by Joel Charalambakis | Aug 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
“You need a different checklist and different mental models for different companies. I can never make it easy by saying, “Here are three things.” You have to derive it yourself to ingrain it in your head for the rest of your life.” “Take a simple idea and take it...
by Joel Charalambakis | Aug 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
As of yesterday’s close, the S&P 500 is up 19% in 2021 with the Nasdaq up just shy of 15% and the Russell 2000 up about 11.5%. This even though underneath the surface breadth has largely weakened since February (albeit there are pockets of improvement in the last...