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The Present Contains All Possible Futures The Ugly Unemployment Numbers Argentinian Disease The Austrian Solution The Eastern European Solution Japanese Disease The Glide Path Option Philadelphia, Orlando, and Phoenix The present contains all possible futures. But not all futures are good ones. Some can be quite cruel. The one we actually get is dictated by the choices we make. For the last few months I have been addressing the choices in front of us, economi... Read Full Story

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IN THIS ISSUE: Third Quarter GDP Surprises on the Upside Why Investor Returns Can Trail the Market The 2009 Dalbar QAIB Study Update Investor Panic Leads to Poor Decisions A Chink in Passive Investing’s Armor? Same Study – Different Conclusions Introduction Since late 1994, studies have shown that many investors do not realize the same returns as the mutual funds in which they were investing.  The first such study I saw back in the 1990s was one that Martin Zweig co... Read Full Story

In my latest interview with the Chief Investment Strategist for Legg Mason Capital Management, we discussed a bottom-up view of the markets, the sustainability of the US economic recovery, and key segments of his new book: "Think Twice: Harnessing the Power of Counterintuition", including concepts such as decision making danger zones. The length of the interview is 14 minutes 10 seconds.   (Please visit the site to view this media) Vinny Catalano, CFA, Global Investment Strate... Read Full Story

My long time readers are familiar with Jeremy Grantham of GMO as I quote him a lot. He is one of the more brilliant and talented value managers (and I should mention very successful on behalf of his clients). He writes a quarterly letter which I regard as a must read. I have excerpted parts of his recent letter, where the chief investment strategist really takes the current financial system follies to task. Typical of his great writing and thinking is the quote from this week's Outside the Bo... Read Full Story

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