

Demographics, Deficits & Deflation
Secular trends are conspiring with the Pandemic to reduce demand in the US. Favorable demographics should enable higher productivity and...


A Volatile Season
It is the best of times for equities . It is the worst of times for employment and interest rates. Cooling temperatures augur the...


Pandemic Policy Without a Plan
During a period requiring leaders, the US had politicians. Instead of addressing the problem in front of them, their eyes are fixed on the n


An Opening Act to Repudiate
A bad opening foretells show cancellation. Australia and Hawaii reveal the threat of early openings even with near eradication of the...


Prelude to a Pandemic
The first wave is just beginning, not ending. For New York, the virus was a catastrophic eradication of life that was previously...


Requiem for Value Investing
Value investors are asking themselves, will the promise of value investing return to prominence? The answer is multi-faceted. Indeed,...


Pandemic Paths
The way forward is measured by the degree to which we will listen to scientists and consideration for our neighbors. As mitigation...


Depressing Recession
That this time is different is without a doubt. The question is, how different? While the depth of the contraction may have a parallel...


Infectious Investing
The speed of the equity market decline shares a common trait with the bull market that preceded it: they are both unprecedented in their...


Economic Epidemic
The economic epidemic is delivering uncertainty to such an extent that the equity markets fell at unparalleled speed. The economic...