Kleptocratic Authoritarianism and the Chinese Dragon
“President Putin is the leader of a great country who is influential around the world. He is my best, most intimate friend”, Xi Jinping, 2018 Hello darkness, I am still looking for useful idiots. The petrostate is at my disposal, so feudalism has been redefined. I no...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities back on the riseAfter last week’s dip, global equities rose this week amid signs the global economy is recovering. Markets seem to be assuming that the worst is behind us. The yield on the US Treasury dropped 2 basis points by Friday...
Covid-19 and the Day After
OECD warns of deepest economic scars in peacetime for a century Chris Giles, Financial TimesRead the full article here While the equity markets seem to have taken for granted the likelihood of a “V-shaped recovery,” a gloomy forecast from the OECD indicates many...
Reinvestment Runaways
We’ve demonstrated that companies that generate high ROIC are time and again the most valuable businesses and stocks to own. In addition, the persistent presence of excess returns points to a moat, a unique business model, inimitable set of characteristics or assets,...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities falterGlobal equities took a tumble this week after markets dropped close to 6% on Thursday amid concerns over an increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations, excessive market speculation, and a pessimistic economic outlook from Federal...
Covid-19 and the Day After
Shipping Industry Warns of Trade Logjam as Crews Remain Stranded Peggy Hollinger, Robert Wright, and Michael Pooler; Financial TimesRead the full article here Nearly 400,000 crew are stranded at sea or at home by Covid-19 travel restrictions. The international...
The Revenge of the Numbers, The Illusion of Theories, and the Delusion of Expectations
Let’s us make no mistake: we are thrilled when the news pleasantly surprises us, contrary to expectations. Rather than the increase in the unemployment rate, more jobs were created in the month of May than the jobs that were lost, (more than 60% of the various...
Weekly Market Update
Global Market News Global equities surgeGlobal equities made significant gains this week. Promising results from the monthly labor report, which we break down further below, fueled gains on Friday. The Dow Jones and the S&P 500 rose 6.7% and 5.4% respectively,...
Covid-19 and the Day After
Given the unprecedented times we're living in, we started a new service of sending once a week, a summary of 3-4 articles that reflect the new realities and their potential impact on our lives and assets. Below are summaries of four intriguing articles with some...
Firepower and Moral Suasion: Market Abnormalities
It was June 20th ,1920 and the eight-year old boy by the name of Abraham Zimmerman experienced the lynching and hanging of three black men in Duluth, Minnesota. Postcards of the hanging were sold as souvenirs. Forty-five years later in 1965, Bob Dylan (Abraham’s son)...
