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Already six months in the not-so-new COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, we are all obviously scared for our and our families’ lives, and our panic can get us to make some illogical conclusions about the way the world works. Unfortunately, our wrong assumptions turn into the societal request, heard by the government, and turned into a […]

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The crisis of unfunded pension liabilities has been impacting U.S. cities and states for years, and the problem is only getting worse as the years go by. In its recent “City Combined Taxpayer Burden Report,” Truth in Accounting looked at the most populous U.S. cities and where their unfunded pension liabilities stand. Q1 2020 hedge […]

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Is Your Portfolio Still Down More Than 10 Percent in the Coronavirus Market? Then Your Advisor Has Some Explaining to Do! Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more Peter Mougey says you should never accept the “whole market is down” excuse from your advisor. He debunks some common misconceptions about what “the market” really […]

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In a note commenting on the selling pressure this morning and today’s trading Gorilla Trades strategist Ken Berman said: Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more The major indices are all significantly lower at midday as yesterday’s global risk-off shift spread to Wall Street in earnest this morning. The Dow and the S&P 500 […]

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It is often said that once you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail.  So be it with the big market delusion.  Since Aswath Damodaran and I published our article “The Big Market Delusion,” evidence of the delusion has been popping up everywhere – at least in my opinion.  The latest instance is the […]

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CNBC Transcript: Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin speaks with CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” today on why we can’t shut down the economy again, PPP, commercial rent and future stimulus. WHERE: CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” Q1 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more   Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin: ‘We can’t shut down the economy again’ […]

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Pharma and biotech companies have significantly ramped up their R&D spending in recent months to find a treatment or vaccine for the novel coronavirus. But they had been spending billions of dollars on research and development (R&D) even before the deadly pandemic. R&D is the backbone of the pharma industry. On average, pharmaceutical companies worldwide […]

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