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Insights from our CIO
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CIO Insights are written by Angeles' CIO Michael Rosen
Michael has more than 35 years experience as an institutional portfolio manager, investment strategist, trader and academic.
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20 Mar, 2023Mismatch
Bankers have always had a bad rap. Cicero, writing in De Officiis in 44 BCE, referenced Cato the Elder, the great Roman philosopher, who, when asked his opinion about lending with interest, replied, ...
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5 Jan, 20234th Quarter 2022 - Kapitalismus
Revolution spread like wildfire throughout Europe and around the globe in 1848, seemingly out of nowhere. There were early uprisings that year in Sicily and elsewhere, but revolutionary fervor arose most dramatically in France. On 22 February...
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18 Nov, 2022Everything Human is Pathetic
This is what comes to my mind as I watch the debacle that is FTX imploding.Most legal documents and court filings are painful to read: verbose, obtuse, repetitive, numbingly boring.An exception is the ...
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18 Oct, 2022Fireside Reading
It's still beach reading weather in Southern California, but fireside reading seems more appropriate for mid-October. I have three non-fiction and five fiction books to recommend, each superb. ...
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7 Oct, 20223rd Quarter 2022 - Skywave
On a cold winter day in Devon, England, 75-year-old Oliver Heaviside climbed a ladder by his house to inspect the roof. He slipped and fell and died of his injuries. It was a sudden, but not surprising, end to a strange, but remarkable, life.
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1 Aug, 2022THE G.O.A.T.
John Harris owned a skating rink in Pittsburgh. In 1940, he invited Olympic star Sonja Henie to skate between periods of professional hockey games to entertain the crowd. It became a crowd favorite, ...
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19 Jul, 2022Beach Reading
It is definitely beach weather, and I have a dozen recommendations for you. Happy reading! FictionDay for Night, Frederich ReikenMesmerizing characters woven in disparate plot threads makes this a ...
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11 Jul, 20222nd Quarter 2022 - Pendulum
Aristarchus of Samos was the first to propose a heliocentric model of the universe, 2,300 years ago. Observing the time it took for the Earth's shadow to engulf the Moon during a lunar eclipse, Aristarchus applied some basic geometric calculations...
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14 Jun, 2022What a Start!
Michael Rosen, Angeles' Chief Investment Officer, shares his thoughts on the markets in this presentation, "What a Start!"
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10 May, 2022Yellow Flag
When cars crash in an auto race, the yellow flag comes out. This requires drivers to slow down and stay in their positions, allowing time for the crews to move the debris off the track so it can be ...
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23 Apr, 2022Beach Reading
The Lincoln Highway, Amor TowlesEmmett Watson is released from prison when his father dies to take care of his younger brother Billy. Greeting Emmett as he arrives home is the banker, there to ...
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11 Apr, 20221st Quarter 2022 - Shattering
So much of our world seems to be shattering around us. This letter, Shattering, looks at another period where old orders were collapsing through the life of an extraordinary woman who shattered stereotypes.
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8 Feb, 2022Fireside Reading
It's beach weather in LA this week, but in deference to the rest of the country, we'll stay with Fireside Reading. Three amazing novels and one fast-paced nonfiction romp through the world of ...
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12 Jan, 20224th Quarter 2021 - Optics
Euclid wrote Elements 2,300 years ago. It consists of thirteen volumes of mathematical proofs, essentially inventing the field of geometry. It is the foremost work of deductive reasoning, the use of logic to establish hypotheses or proofs.
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16 Dec, 2021Rick
To fail or to suffice? It doesnt quite have the cadence of Shakespeare, admittedly. It is not the existential question that grips (and eventually destroys) Hamlet. But it is a fundamental question ...
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12 Nov, 2021Beach Reading
I was expecting this to be a Fireside Reading post, but we are having a heat wave in Southern California that is sending me to the beach. So here are a few suggestions for your literary consideration, ...
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28 Oct, 2021Basketball is Life
The last commencement address I gave was in 1978. No one remembers what I said. I know this for three reasons:1. I dont remember what I said2. No one remembers what any commencement speaker says3. I ...
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5 Oct, 20213rd Quarter 2021 - Eternity in an Hour
One day, after school, Pablo strolled along La Rambla, the wide, tree-lined pedestrian street that runs from the harbor to the Placa de Catalunya, Barcelona's central plaza. He wandered into a used bookstore, and in the back of the store, buried...
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29 Jul, 2021Beach Reading
A few more outstanding books for your summer readingBlack Buck, Mateo AskaripourThis is an exceptional debut novel about a brilliant (Bronx Science valedictorian) Black man working at a Starbucks for ...
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![Stocks, Bonds & Other Assets: Angeles CIO Michael Rosen Interviewed by Bloomberg]()
8 Jul, 2021Stocks, Bonds & Other Assets: Angeles CIO Michael Rosen Interviewed by Bloomberg
What lies ahead for stocks, bonds, and other asset classes? Our Chief Investment Officer, Michael Rosen, joins Bloomberg Radio to share his outlook on the market, the economy, and other issues impacting investors during the second half of the year.
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7 Jul, 20212nd Quarter 2021 - All in the Stars
Concrete has been used as a building material since the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. It has high compressive strength (it doesn't crack under heavy loads) but low tensile strength (it breaks easily when pulled), and its use waned in the...
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29 Apr, 2021Beach Reading
Beach weather is upon us in Southern California, so here are some book suggestions from my last few months of reading.Love, by Roddy DoyleTwo old friends, Joe and Davy, reunite after many years apart. ...
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5 Apr, 20211st Quarter 2021 - Cognitive Dissonance
Surgery is painful, which is why humans have experimented with various forms of anesthesia for millennia. Herbal remedies and alcohol were probably used pre-history, opium was cultivated by the Sumerians 4500 years ago, and Peruvians were chewing...
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18 Feb, 2021Michael Rosen Nasdaq #TradeTalks When Do You Take Profits
When Do You Take Profits? Our Chief Investment Officer, Michael Rosen, joins Global Markets Reporter, Jill Malandrino, on Nasdaq #TradeTalks to discuss.
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