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Tech Wreck

Tech stocks grabbed the investor spotlight during the Covid pandemic. Many gained so much value theyreached $100 billion or more…

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The Bazooka – How Policy Affects Inflation

In 2008, we were introduced to a new government policy tool by then Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson called the “bazooka”. …

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Pig in a Poke

“Pig in a Poke” dates back five centuries and once meant purchasing a piglet in a sack sight unseen.  It’s…

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Problems of Success – Populism and Stock Buybacks

We have watched with wry amusement politicians battle over corporate common stock repurchasing, or “buybacks”, the process where a company…

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Long in Tooth

Nine years of economic expansion makes investors anxious.  Expansions generally don’t last this long without a setback.  Some market analysts…

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Inflation Nation

Price level surveys play a central role in monetary policy and government budgets.  Our modern CPI, or Consumer Price Index,…

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Small Bank Stock Prices Efficient?

Most investors have been taught stock prices are meticulously calibrated by the market. A stock’s price is said to reflect…

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Small Bank, Big Problems

The obituary of the small bank has been written a thousand times. Actually, if you measure since we joined the…

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