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In the News | Week of 2.19.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 19, 2019 | Comments Off on In the News | Week of 2.19.2019

We’ve moved on to a motley crew on the back end of earnings season, with a couple noteworthy larger names: Walmart and Berkshire Hathaway.

ET Live – 2.19.19

By Rusty Guinn | February 19, 2019 | Comments Off on ET Live – 2.19.19

We’re back with a third edition of ET Live! On the docket for this session: MMT and the Zeitgeist that brought it to the forefront of our political and economic discussions.

The Zeitgeist | 2.19.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 19, 2019 | 0 Comments

In which we learn about new voices in the hospital, we pile on the Fed, and we exult in stocks “edging up” on trade talk progress (I’ve forgotten what take we’re on).

C.A.F.

By Rusty Guinn | February 18, 2019 | 3 Comments

The hardest job for any financial adviser is knowing when a fiduciary mindset should guide us to take a stand, and when it should guide us to adopting flexibility. If we claim to have a process, we have to have an answer for this.

The Alchemy of Narrative

By Demonetized | February 18, 2019 | 3 Comments

Every investor who wants to understand narrative and its impact on markets should read “The Alchemy of Finance”, by George Soros.

ET contributor Demonetized rediscovers the joys of Soros. It’s all reflexivity, all the time.

Every Unhappy Family (Q1 2019 Country Narratives)

By Rusty Guinn | February 17, 2019 | Comments Off on Every Unhappy Family (Q1 2019 Country Narratives)

We introduce a new narrative measure and then put major global equity markets under the narrative microscope in Q1 2019.

The Zeitgeist | 2.15.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 15, 2019 | 0 Comments

Lots of ‘playing’, ditching New York, and a piece of hard-hitting analysis demonstrating that sitting at the crossroads of government and business can be personally profitable.

Duck and Cover

By Rusty Guinn | February 14, 2019 | 3 Comments

We don’t have to treat it like a cardinal sin any time an author, politician, consultant, adviser or expert tries to make us feel a certain way. Just don’t be the only one at the table who doesn’t realize what’s happening.

The Zeitgeist | 2.14.2019

By Rusty Guinn | February 14, 2019 | 0 Comments

Today’s Zeitgeist poses a riddle: what is noxious, may not be a catalyst, extends a rally and awaits cues all at the exact same time?

Notes from the Diamond #6: Hittin’ ‘Em Where They Ain’t (Part 1)

By David Salem | February 14, 2019 | 0 Comments

In baseball and in investing, how do we distinguish truly great practitioners from merely good ones? Let’s start by looking at two greats who revolutionized how the game is played – Branch Rickey in baseball and David Swensen in investing.