361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing
361 Capital portfolio manager, Blaine Rollins, CFA, previously manager of the Janus Fund, writes a weekly update looking back on major moves, macro-trends and economic data points. The 361 Capital Weekly Research Briefing summarizes the latest market news along with some interesting facts and a touch of humor. 361 Capital is a provider of alternative…
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Cartoon by Nate Beeler, the Columbus Dispatch
How Stocks Became the 2014 Underdog Trade
ConvergEx looks at year-to-date ETF inflows and outflows and picks up on something rather interesting – after an incredible year in 2013, investors are now shuffling their portfolio assets back toward bond ETFs and away from stock ETFs. We’ve seen $17.7 billion go into bond ETFs since January 1st while a net $16.3 billion has…
Hot Links: Dumbass Threats
Your morning financial links, expertly curated.
Nonsense Forecasts
I was on TV the other day next to a guy who goes, totally matter-of-factly: “We should get 8 percent earnings growth for the S&P 500 in 2014 and earnings drive stock market returns so I expect to see an 8ish percent return for the market this year.” My jaw dropped. I don’t even want…
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Peter Boockvar: Russia is no small matter for markets
My friend Peter Boockvar put a note out on the Russia situation this morning, I’ve excerpted what I believe to be the key portion for investors… Russia joined the WTO in August 2012, is a major exporter of energy to the European region and the Ukraine is a major exporter of corn and wheat. All…
Hot Links: Rush’n Attack!
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8 Things I Learned from Warren Buffett this Weekend
The 2013 Berkshire Hathaway annual letter to shareholders came out over the weekend and, as usual, it’s loaded with interesting insights from the chairman, Mr. Warren Buffett. I have every Berkshire letter he’s written going back to 1965 (before he was even signing them for himself) collected in one PDF and it’s fun to watch…
