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Jan 4

Reflections on 2020 – and Why Our Unusual Business Model Still Works for Clients

Where to begin with 2020? There’s not much to say that hasn’t already been said, and most are quite happy to say goodbye to a year that s...

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Nov 17, 2020

Capitalism in Service of Society

One of the most important changes in business in the coming decades could be the shift from TSR to TSI. Which means…what, exactly? In 19...

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Nov 2, 2020

A Bubble Unlike Any Other

That was the quote from investor Jeremy Grantham (of GMO fame) in an interview with Advisor Perspectives published 10/22/2020. That we ar...

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Oct 15, 2020

A Swarm of Gnats

In our 2Q letter to clients I tried to highlight the activity we see today (mostly related to the pandemic) as opposed to the long-term p...

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Oct 9, 2020

Danger Six Months Later

A global pandemic. Six months and many changes to lives and culture later, the experience is not that different. While the shock, intensi...

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Aug 18, 2020

Wartime CEO Part 2

On April 24 we sent a note to clients called "Wartime CEO." The title was in reference to the term used by Ben Horowitz in his book "The ...

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Purchasing Power - The Last Thing You're Thinking About

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Jul 15, 2020

Purchasing Power - The Last Thing You're Thinking About

In the midst of some recent investing research, I decided to take a look at the inflation experience of the United States in the 1940s an...

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Jul 2, 2020

Not Your Parents' Financial Markets

For some time, I've been writing and talking about my concern with the economic path we're walking, the growing role of the U.S. Federal ...

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Jun 24, 2020

Be Good To Each Other

"Be good to each other." As I've watched the events of the last month unfold in the US and around the world in the wake of the killing o...

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May 29, 2020

What Does 2H20 Look Like?

Hat tip to one of our clients for sharing a report last weekend from the Imperial College of London COVID-19 Response Team. Naturally, it...

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