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Mar30

Is Greed Good?

Recently much has been said about the "greedy Wall Street crooks" with the intent of gathering a group of like-minded people and hunting this category of criminal.  This discussion reminds me of a set of questions asked of Milton Friedman about greed.

The question was asked,"As you look out at the in-equality that exists in the United States, with so much difference between the "haves" and the "have-nots" did you ever have a moment of doubt about capitalism and whether greed is...

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Mar11

Tsunami Warning

In the last six months we have seen more volatility in the equity markets around the world than we have seen in the history of the equity markets as we know them.   Extreme volatility happens in the markets at market tops and market bottoms. 

Hint: this isn’t the top…

Although this is the process of creating a bottom in the financial markets of the world, the fallout from the bottoming process is still to be felt for years to come.  In the...

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