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I find it historically interesting and fun to know the prices for gold and silver on important dates especially within my lifetime which spans nearly this entire full fiat currency era (Nixon’s ending of the final ties to gold and the Bretton Woods Agreement going full fiat Federal Reserve note on August 15, 1971). Q1 […]

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Tesla stock skyrocketed yet again after the company’s Q2 deliveries smashed consensus estimates. Tesla said it delivered 90,650 vehicles during the second quarter, representing a 28.9% beat over the consensus Q2 deliveries number of 70,328. The automaker delivered just 88,496 cars during the first quarter, which means it managed more deliveries during a quarter when […]

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This month’s US Jobs report receives an ‘A’ letter grade as most of the labor economy is quickly healing. Jeoff Hall, Managing Economist, Refinitiv analyzes June’s Jobs report below by providing data-driven insights into the current state of US employment. Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Jeoff Hall, Managing Economist, Refinitiv comments: June’s […]

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Whitney Tilson’s email to investors discussing the humbling of Exxon; Jeff Ubben quits ValueAct for social investing; inside eBay’s bizarre campaign against a blog critic; the enduring enigma of Costco’s $1.50 hot dog and soda combo. Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The Humbling Of Exxon 1) In my February 3 e-mail, I […]

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Covid-19 has brought to the fore once again the critical role played by small businesses in economies – developed and developing alike. According to a World Bank publication, small and medium enterprises represent 95% of registered firms in the world and account for more than 50% of jobs. Over the years, many research reports have […]

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In numerous columns, and years before that, I have been beating one drum.  The stock market is forward looking.  It attempts to figure out which firms will control the future, Amazon for instance, and which companies have dropped the ball, IBM for instance.  There are numerous examples of this dichotomy, but one I have been […]

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There haven’t been very many updates on a second round of coronavirus stimulus checks, but President Donald Trump has again backed more direct payments for the American people. In fact, this time around, he said he wants the second round of coronavirus stimulus checks to be larger than the first round of checks. Q1 2020 […]

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Self storage has proven to be a fairly recession-proof industry in the past, but is it pandemic-proof? According to STORAGECafe’s most recent analysis, the hit that self storage has taken has been somewhat lighter than the impacts other real estate sectors have experienced. Oversupply has been putting downward pressure on street rates since last year, […]

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