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The Zeitgeist | 2.11.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 11, 2019 | 0 Comments

Why VC loves fintech for some reason, populist messages, “optimism over trade talks” take 25, and more popullsm.

But We Need the Eggs

By Ben Hunt | February 10, 2019 | 1 Comment

We’re all passengers in the backseat of the State-driven car, and we all suspect that our drivers might be high-functioning lunatics, and we’re all terrified about what they might do next.

But we need the eggs.

Blast from the Past

By Rusty Guinn | February 9, 2019 | 10 Comments

What the rise and fall of baseball cards can and can’t tell us about bubbles and the turning of markets into utilities.

The Zeitgeist | 2.8.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 8, 2019 | 1 Comment

Fawning Tesla press, coming storms, ESG and data, striking a balance between tasteful display of art collections and pay cuts at banks, and post-Yorkshire pudding walks.

The Zeitgeist | 2.7.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 7, 2019 | 0 Comments

Today’s specials: Megadevelopments in Chicago, online grocery shopping, slowdowns at Apple, vagueness at Alphabet and Canadian weed.

Pricing Power (pt. 2) – Intellectual Property

By Ben Hunt | February 6, 2019 | 1 Comment

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries … the pricing power found in intellectual property. It’s not as easy as it looks.

The Zeitgeist | 2.6.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 6, 2019 | 0 Comments

In today’s edition, it’s captain obvious takes on the ECB, is there anything active funds CAN do?, more Brexit and dead-cat bounces.

All Along the Watchtower

By Rusty Guinn | February 6, 2019 | 3 Comments

Trust in media is being debased from without and within. The Clear Eyed, Full-Hearted answer? Don’t pick and choose. Set yourself against both threats.

Credit Cycle Monitor – 1.31.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 5, 2019 | Comments Off on Credit Cycle Monitor – 1.31.2019

Access this month’s monitor slides in Powerpoint and in PDF. Access the data in Excel. The attention on credit and credit cycles has increased slightly, but most of…

US Fiscal Policy Monitor – 1.31.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 5, 2019 | Comments Off on US Fiscal Policy Monitor – 1.31.2019

Access this month’s monitor slides in Powerpoint and in PDF. Access the data in Excel. Attention to fiscal policy narratives has dramatically increased in January. The shutdown (and…