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US Fiscal Policy Monitor – 10.31.2018

By Rusty Guinn | October 31, 2018 | Comments Off on US Fiscal Policy Monitor – 10.31.2018

After climbing as usual (and, we think, in more muted fashion) in connection with mid-term elections, attention to US Fiscal Policy narratives ticked down modestly…

Credit Cycle Monitor – 10.31.2018

By Rusty Guinn | October 31, 2018 | Comments Off on Credit Cycle Monitor – 10.31.2018

While articles including key credit terms continued to rise in October, their internal coherence continued to fall. This means that stories tended to cover individual…

Stalking Horse

By Ben Hunt | October 31, 2018 | 4 Comments

A stalking horse is a familiar shape that a hunter hides behind in order to get close to his prey. Once you start looking for them in markets, you will see them EVERYWHERE.

It’s Twue, it’s Twue!

By Rusty Guinn | October 30, 2018 | 7 Comments

Using facts in your analysis doesn’t make your analysis a fact. Punchy language that leans on these ‘facts’ doesn’t often stand up to scrutiny.

An Ocean of Indifference

By Rusty Guinn | October 29, 2018 | 2 Comments

Sometimes the absence of a clear central Narrative can tell us something about a stock, too.

Oh, hell, Martha, go ahead and burn yourself if you want to.

By Ben Hunt | October 29, 2018 | 9 Comments

I can’t advise you on the Answers. I won’t advise you on the Answers. But I will advise you on the Process. Because that’s what we do for our fellow pack members.

Innocent Monsters

By Rusty Guinn | October 28, 2018 | 14 Comments

The paradox of the Widening Gyre is that even when you’re right, you may be wrong.

Getting Out: A Godfather Story

By Ben Hunt | October 27, 2018 | 11 Comments

“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!”

Vito got out. Michael never did.

Notes from the Diamond #3: Everything Has Its Price

By David Salem | October 26, 2018 | 7 Comments

Allocators and investors can learn a lot from professional baseball about how to structure incentives and compensation for portfolio managers. And how NOT to do it.

Never Give Up Hope

By David Salem | October 24, 2018 | 13 Comments

Enmity and competitive games can be beaten. Sometimes doing so requires someone willing to be booed by his home crowd.