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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Obama’s Potomac Fever
In a CNBC interview JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon celebrated the manifold strengths of America that will drive the next economic boom: “This country not only has the best military on the planet, it has got the best universities, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Dodd Frank, Jamie Dimon, job creation, Obama policies, Regulation, Washington centric policies
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China Double Play: Slowdown & Cleanup
We revisit two important investment themes: China Slowdown Yes, China is a compelling long-term growth story. So was the U.S. in the 19th century, but it still had financial panics and deep recessions in 1819, 1837, 1857, 1873, and 1893. … Continue reading
Q2 Earnings: Good Enough
The second quarter S&P 500 bottom-up EPS estimate is around $27.00 and should creep higher during the rest of earnings season. This is consistent with strategists’ full-year 2013 estimates of $108-110. Results are not great but good enough for stocks … Continue reading
The China Syndrome: Will GDP Growth Top 5%?
Two months ago I attended a dinner of Wall Streeters at a proper club in midtown Manhattan; it called to mind the locker room scene in the movie Wall Street where Gordon Gekko wisely opines, “That’s the thing you gotta … Continue reading
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Tagged China forecasts, China GDP, China's economic slowdown
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Regime Change: What the Bond / Gold Rout Means for Stocks
For well over a year I have been bullish on stocks, arguing it made little sense to own a bond yielding 2% instead of well-managed blue chip stocks yielding 2-5% with dividend growth of 5-12%. If all went well, I … Continue reading
Digitization: Are Universities the Next Newspapers?
Back in the 1990s I used to write thematic investing reports on winners and losers from the advent of the Internet. One day I had a minor epiphany. Why, I wondered, would anyone pay to place in the local newspaper … Continue reading
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Tagged college costs, newspapers, online education, universities
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