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Interest rates have been at historic lows for over a decade. Federal debt has reached new highs and will go higher. Companies are highly leveraged. Tapering has just started again. With inflation running high raising interest rates would be the classical remedy, but if the...

Both Rivian Automotive and Lucid Group are typical “bubble stocks.” Many investors clearly think that Lucid and Rivian are “the next Tesla,” and therefore they will race up in price to have similar market valuations. Due to an acute shortage of lithium-ion ...

Our investment discipline doesn’t rest on forecasts, or projections, or market calls. We've adapted in recent years by prioritizing the condition of market internals ahead of those overextended “limits.”. Given present extremes, it’s not even clear that...

Companies seem to be able to pass costs along to consumers, at least for now. Hopes are high that profit margins will continue to be strong, and eventually, earnings will catch up to valuations. There is a strong likelihood with the market trading weak already, any additional selling ...

We think current cost-push inflation is poised to give way to a healthy, regenerative demand-pull environment, replete with moderate economic growth that is beneficial for the value companies in which we invest. History has shown moderate inflation can be good for value stocks. We con...

More recently, the debate on inflation has pitted #TeamTransitory and its detractors in a mud-slinging and, often emotionally charged, spat. It is unreasonable to term all versions of the world in which inflation is not making a new high on a monthly basis as transitory. The quest...

The problem with market speculation is that it starts to tempt the prudent investor into reckless behavior. What has always been prudent - owning a low-cost index fund - has now become a more speculative investment because of the degree of speculation in the market. The S&P 500 ha...

Investors in 2022 should prepare themselves for lower rates of S&P 500 EPS and revenue growth. It’s a “return-to-normal” market. Financial sector EPS growth is negative since reserve releases are probably expected to be much lower in 2022. Energy and Basic...

High frequency indicators can give us a nearly up-to-the-moment view of the economy. The metrics are divided into long leading, short leading, and coincident indicators. Although there were several changes this week, all time frames remain positive. Additionally, with regard t...

COVID-19-induced visit has turned into an extended stay, thanks to robust demand and a snarled supply chain. The best measure of supply-chain disruptions using monthly data is the Institute for Supply Management’s Backlog of Orders. Supply-chain constraints include logistic...