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Inflation Bites, and is Capitulation in Sight?
By Brendan Wagner on May 19, 202207Read moreBY BRENDAN WAGNER, Portfolio Manager A day after Walmart’s weak earnings, Target’s results sent a shudder through the markets...
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Unpacking Recent Market Moves
By Brendan Wagner on March 17, 2022Read moreMarket expectations of aggressive Fed rate hikes declined as the war broke out, reversing the “Value-beats-Growth” trade quickly, particularly…
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Is there Rotation from Growth to Value? And is it meaningful? And can you time it well enough to matter?
By Brendan Wagner on December 3, 2020Read moreNovember was a big month for the equity markets, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average having its best month…
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Opportunity among the Invisibles?
By Brendan Wagner on February 27, 2020Read moreWell, it had been my intention to look into the crowding at the top of the S&P500, and whether…
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Coronavirus Impact on the Market
By Brendan Wagner on February 27, 2020Read moreIt was actually in Early January that the Coronavirus became a worry for the market. It started out in…
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International Exposure… Stateside
By Brendan Wagner on December 5, 2019Read moreCan we capture international exposure with domestic equities, and if so SHOULD we? With 75% of global economic…
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Know What You Own and Why You Own It
By Brendan Wagner on March 7, 2019Read moreNo offense to Ned Davis, but Mike Tyson has the better investment quote and it will be relevant for…
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The Hipster Investor
By Brendan Wagner on December 13, 2018Read moreAs a former San Franciscan during peak-Hipster years of 2003-2006, it struck me that the best way to describe…
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“We Were Inverted”
By Brendan Wagner on August 30, 2018Read moreA yield curve inversion has preceded every US recession in the past 60 years. As the spread between 10…
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Q1 2018 Earnings: Confusing, Humbling, & Rational
By Brendan Wagner on May 9, 2018Read moreThe headlines ranged from excited to euphoric to apoplectic – in that order – before and during this period…