Country Risk: A July 2023 Update!
I have looked at country risk, in all its dimensions, towards the middle of each year, for the last decade, for many reasons. One is...
I have looked at country risk, in all its dimensions, towards the middle of each year, for the last decade, for many reasons. One is...
I am not a market prognosticator for a simple reason. I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate...
I will start this post with a couple of confessions. The first is that my portfolio has held up well this year, in a market...
In March 2023, the fall of Silicon Valley Bank shocked investors not only because it was unforeseen, but also because of the speed with which...
In my last post, I looked at banking as a business, and used a simple banking framework to advance the notion that the key ingredient...
This is the last of my data update posts for 2023, and in this one, I will focus on dividends and buybacks, perhaps the most...
We have an uneasy relationship with debt, both in our personal and business lives. While it is a financial decision, it is one that is...
As I have argued in all four of my posts, so far, about 2022, it was year when we saw a return to normalcy on...
I describe myself as a dabbler, and it does get in the way of my best laid plans. A few weeks ago, I posted my...