This week saw some doozy inflation readings beginning on Wednesday with the CPI reading and then again on Thursday with the PPI. CPI came in at 4.2% year-over-year, but a whopping 0.8% month-over-month. For context, 0.8% MoM implies 10% annualized inflation! The PPI was also…
Read MoreToday the US employment report for April was released and it took the markets by surprise. Estimates were for net job gains of 1 million. Instead, the US economy added 218K private sector jobs. This compares to 708K private sector jobs in March. Indeed, this…
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Last week we wrote how interest rates may have room to come down a bit before ultimately heading higher later this year and into next year. This line of thinking was reinforced this week at the Fed’s meeting release and press conference. Powel’s messaging/guidance was…
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10 year Treasury rates peaked at the end of March at 1.74% after having risen from low of just 0.56% back in the summer of 2020. Now, the rate stands at 1.57% even as economic data continues to come in smoking hot and policy remains…
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In this Q1 2021 slide presentation of our quarterly strategy report, we discuss the following topics: -The level of speculative activity in markets this year has been extreme in our view. More money has come into world stock markets in the last 5 months than…
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By reversing an accounting error, we identify Knowledge Leaders across the world. Steve and Bryce give a brief tour of what innovation leadership looks like and where we find investment opportunities in every region and all 11 economic sectors. A New Lens for Looking at…
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Steve and Bryce describe our process for correcting the obstruction created by current accounting standards. We track down innovation investments in company financial statements, reverse the error, and create a new intangible-adjusted financial history that we use to screen for the Knowledge Leaders that form…
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The nature of corporate investing has changed, with a greater than ever focus on intellectual property. In this video, Steve and Bryce describe how an outdated accounting rule renders these investments practically invisible, making it difficult to tell the difference between the Knowledge Leaders who…
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The digital revolution has changed the economics of every industry in every region of the world, creating a growth engine for the last half century and inadvertently, a market anomaly by which highly innovative companies tend to deliver excess returns in the stock market. This…
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Switzerland’s Richemont was founded in 1988, after being spun off from the Rembrandt Group by Johann Rupert, who remains chairman today. The luxury products group’s 25 “maisons” or houses, are united in the firm’s quest for creativity, innovation and excellence. In addition to luxury brands…
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