2024 Strategy Update

March 26, 2024 |Doug & Kein
The market has experienced significant changes since our last strategy piece. For one, the Fed dot plot came lower during the December meeting. This development is on the heels of a lower predicted inflation number for 2024. The markets appreciated the...
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Higher for longer: a variant view on monetary policy

September 18, 2023 |Kein Bejko
Early this year, we published our 2023 strategy presentation. We argued that the system had significantly changed as rates were increased dramatically in 2022 and into 2023, and investors require a different approach to investing. Central banks around...
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2023 Strategy Playbook

March 01, 2023 |Doug Clark & Kein Bejko
Last year was one to forget for investors, few asset classes were able to provide cover in a year when stocks and bonds were both down double-digits. The new year presents a different set of expectations and opportunities for the market. After a decade...
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Post-pandemic strategy

September 29, 2022 |Kein Bejko
As we leave the pandemic behind, we are entering a new paradigm in the financial world. Rising interest rates, elevated energy prices and volatile markets can be daunting for investors. However, we believe opportunities are emerging as lower prices provide...
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Q2 2021 Overview

July 05, 2021 |Kein Bejko
We have compiled a few interesting graphs covering the second quarter. You can download the presentation here. Reach out to us if you have any questions.
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Confessions of a ROIC junkie

June 15, 2021 |Kein Bejko
While the market has been in a twilight zone for the past year, many investors have been lost between loss-generating companies defying gravity and IPOs commending higher prices. Most importantly, many seem to have forgotten about investing’s fundamental...
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Reality can be whatever Mark wants

April 16, 2021 |Kein Bejko
Two weeks ago, Barron’s released an in-depth analysis on Facebook[1]. It covered its main lines of business as well as made the case for FB being undervalued. We agree with most of their points, but we have noticed that the analyst community fails to...
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Russian Roulette

February 20, 2021 |Kein Bejko
Last couple of weeks in the markets bordering on lunacy. Certain securities (GameStop (GME), AMC, Nokia (NOK)) defied gravity and posted triple-digit upward movements. On this blog post we explain why investing in such hot names is fool’s gold. While...
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Fixed Income Strategy

October 01, 2020 |Doug Clark
As government debt continues to grow quickly, interest rates will remain near 0% for longer than anticipated. This has created a difficult situation for investors seeking yield and safety out of fixed income securities. Our new presentation explores ways...
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Does Price Matter?

September 30, 2020 |Kein Bejko
The S&P500 corrected in March due to COVID-19, but it quickly recovered to positive 4.2% YTD at the time of this writing, September 21st. Media has extensively covered this story as one of partial recovery driven by FAAMG stocks outperforming the rest...
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