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March 14, 2014
March 14, 2014
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.” -Aldous Huxley POINTS TO PONDER 1.  Compensation trends are definitely heading the right way for many US workers.  While this is a welcome development for Main Street, it implies profit margin pressure for corporate America at a time when it is struggling mightily to generate […]
By: Evergreen Gavekal
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March 7, 2014
March 7, 2014
“Most of the money you’ll win at poker comes not from the brilliance of your own play, but from the ineptitude of your opponents.” -Lou Krieger “In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.” -Warren Buffett Know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold ‘em.  A few weeks ago, […]
By: Evergreen Gavekal
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February 28, 2014
February 28, 2014
“Owners of stocks…too often let the capricious and irrational behavior of their fellow owners cause them to behave irrationally as well.” -WARREN BUFFETT POINTS TO PONDER 1. Various prior EVAs have noted that bull markets rarely last as long as five years (this one will hit that age on March 9th) but, if they do, […]
By: Evergreen Gavekal
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February 28, 2014
February 28, 2014
“Owners of stocks…too often let the capricious and irrational behavior of their fellow owners cause them to behave irrationally as well.” -WARREN BUFFETT POINTS TO PONDER 1. Various prior EVAs have noted that bull markets rarely last as long as five years (this one will hit that age on March 9th) but, if they do, […]
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February 21, 2014
February 21, 2014
“Ahhh, Maggie, in the world of advertising, there’s no such thing as a lie.  There is only expedient exaggeration.”   -Cary Grant, playing Roger Thornhill, in Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest. “When it becomes serious, you have to lie.” -Jean Claude Juncker, in April, 2011, one of the most senior eurozone officials at the time. […]
By: Evergreen Gavekal
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February 14, 2014
February 14, 2014
"Consider the following simple, almost naïve question: Is it sustainable for an economy, which expands at a real growth rate of 2-3% per year, to provide a return (to investors) of say 10-15% per year?" -Didier Sornette, world renowned mathematician. Special message: This might be the only time you’ll ever receive an invitation to an […]
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February 7, 2014
February 7, 2014
"In short, what the living wage is really about is not living standards, or even economics, but morality. Its advocates are basically opposed to the idea that wages are a market price--determined by supply and demand, the same as the price of apples or coal. And it is for that reason, rather than the practical […]
By: Evergreen Gavekal
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January 31, 2014
January 31, 2014
"An emerging market is a market you can’t emerge from in an emergency." -Don Coxe, for many years one of Canada’s leading portfolio managers and strategists. POINTS TO PONDER 1. The US trade deficit continues to narrow, and this improvement might accelerate given the US energy revival. This does pose problems, however, for the rest […]
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January 24, 2014
January 24, 2014
"The typical secular bear market has multiple cyclical phases—and there will be more of these cycles before the current secular bear is over." -Ed Easterling, author of the highly regarded investment book, Unexpected Returns SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: For some of our readers, now may be a good time to book a trip. United Airlines chose to […]
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January 17, 2014
January 17, 2014
"Never mistake a wish for a certainty." -Maggie Smith, as Violet Crawley, the Dowager Countess on Downton Abbey POINTS TO PONDER 1. Irrespective of the punk jobs number last week, it does appear US consumer spending ended 2013 on a robust note. Real consumer expenditures apparently rose 4% as the fourth quarter came to a […]
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