Insights
In The End, Rational Thinking Prevails. We’re Maintaining Our Constructive Thesis.
“It doesn’t matter how smart you are unless you stop and think.” —Well-known economist Thomas Sowell Nothing like a little head-spinning drama, eh? That’s what we saw in August as virtually one or two slightly disappointing economic numbers sparked a more than 10%...
The Economy Looks “Just Right” Despite Mixed Signals
“Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book, and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”– Assyrian tablet, circa 2800 B.C. These days, we are living...
Breaking News: It’s OK! Our “Back to Normal” Theme Is Alive and Well.
“It’s déjà vu all over again.”— Yogi Berra The first six months of 2024 were equally as kind to investors as the first six months of 2023. And that’s saying something, knowing that calendar-year total return in 2023 for the full year exceeded 26%.1 Returns for the...