June 11, 2014
The answer? Very little. Below is a nice chart from a presentation to the Texas Teachers Retirement System. It is a whopping 341 pages, but you can find all the good consultant presentations after page 47. (HT to Worth Wray […]
May 31, 2014
I think the P2P space is fascinating. Other than a $50 play account I have on Lending Club I don’t have any involvement. Here is a brochure-y piece that has a few nice charts embedded. Chart then downloads: —- —- […]
May 29, 2014
I was chatting about the topic of valuation spreads with Patrick O’Shaughnessy the other night over beers in NYC. Not sure what I think of it just yet, still marinating on some ideas but Leon Cooperman has a great 30+ […]
May 27, 2014
I recently spoke at the Wine Country Conference in Sonoma (highly recommended, you should go next year!). In addition to the great conversations and wine, all the proceeds went to charity. The good folks at Sitka put together a summary […]
May 25, 2014
I look forward to Leuthold’s Green Book every month. This month they had a chart that reflected a similar study we published years ago on combining the presidential cycle and the 6 month cycle. The next six months starting in […]
May 23, 2014
Steve Romick is a fellow Angeleno, and if you don’t read his commentary you should. Below are two charts and some commentary form his recent letter. Charts then downloads: —- “Suffice to say we aren’t seeing much in the way […]
May 22, 2014
If I wasn’t on the road for six weeks I would have tried to make the iCIO conference in Carolina. Below is Yusko’s presentation, as well as his quarterly update. Quote then downloads: —- “I have an Investment Rule that […]
May 19, 2014
(Note: Attached the white papers from the last Farm email…not sure why I can’t figure out SSRN) This piece is more on the business of asset management rather than an investment idea, but I think it’s great. I had to […]
May 18, 2014
Long time readers know that my favorite place to invest is the intersection of value and momentum. Below is one article and two new white papers all worth a read on momentum, and value and momentum. First chart from Patrick […]
May 15, 2014
Nice piece from Credit Suisse and Mauboussin on what companies do with their money. Quotes then downloads: —- -Corporate cash balances are building because Corporate America’s return on investment is high and its reinvestment rate is modest. The issue of disbursing cash […]
May 4, 2014
Interestingly enough, a lot of the countries with steep yield curves are also some of the countries with the cheapest valuations. A nice combo. Charts then downloads: —- —- Download PDFs A Classic Barometer Websites http://www.rba-llc.com/
May 1, 2014
It has been a little quiet lately but the good news is I have some great reads on the way, including one of my favorite newish newsletters below. The Macro Trader looks at another valuation metric from Value Line and […]
April 14, 2014
It has been a little quiet on the email front as not a lot of interesting reads have crossed my desk lately. This weekend, however, included two great reads so I though I would include them in one email. First […]
April 2, 2014
Thanks to a reader for noticing the sector dates were incorrect. Updated below. Also note that I excluded frontier markets in this update. For some reason many of the series were not updated at our data vendor, and rather than […]
April 2, 2014
CAPE Updates, Sectors then Countries: Country Start Date Latest Date Latest Financials 3/31/93 3/31/13 10.69 Energy 3/31/93 3/31/13 15.04 Utilities 3/31/93 3/31/13 16.47 Telecom 3/31/93 3/31/13 18.68 Materials 3/31/93 3/31/13 18.93 Industrials 3/31/93 3/31/13 19.22 Healthcare 3/31/93 3/31/13 19.82 ConsStpls […]