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Perspectives

A collection of our quarterly publication

Let It Rip Through The Fog

Second Quarter 2021

A year ago at this time, on the heels of one of the sharpest rebounds for domestic stocks in history, many folks wondered whether the advance was “real” or not. A host of worries dominated headlines including a resurgence of coronavirus cases and social unrest. In fact, the first vaccine’s FDA authorization was still months away, and so too, were the November elections. Fast-forward a year, return the value of the economy to pre-pandemic levels, slap another record advance on the market (S&P 500), and things are no different...

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Harvest time…a turning point at hand?

First Quarter 2021

Strong corporate earnings growth is sometimes very scarce, like diamonds. At other times, it’s like pears or apples during a strong harvest—abundant and easy to find. We heard this above commentary many years ago from a stock analyst. Certainly, seems that the corporate results of 2020 and 2021 will—barring serious setbacks in progress against the pandemic—reflect both extremes of this characterization...

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Active Noise Cancellation

Fourth Quarter 2020

More than a decade ago, as part of our research process, a couple of us flew to Washington D.C. and met with the CEO and CFO of a company we were evaluating. Even before the visit, we knew that the company provided a lot of information about how the business was performing, more details than the average company shared at the time. In fact, we believed the volume and frequency of data they disclosed was causing some analysts who followed the company to focus on short-term results. We asked them why they chose to give so much insight or “visibility” into the business. The CEO smiled and answered, “Well, the flip side of visibility is visibility, isn’t it?”

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