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8 May, 2017
1ST QUARTER 2017 - THE LAST SHOGUN
Japan has been ruled by the Yamato dynasty for nearly 2,700 years, the longest continuous monarchy in the world. From Jimmu to kihito, 125 emperors have held the Chrysanthemum Throne.
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6 Apr, 2017
Hope and Reality
Why is everyone so happy? Well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people are as optimistic as they've been in a long while. Start by looking at consumer confidence, as collated by the Conference ...
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31 Mar, 2017
Chasing the Red Baron
You can't eat relative returns is an old aphorism. It sounds like it could come out of Poor Richard's Almanac (Benjamin Franklin), and I'm not really sure of its origin, but it means that ...
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17 Feb, 2017
Non-Zero Sum
There are prominent voices (and tweets) urging us to pull back, dig in, and lock the gate. This rising chorus of nationalism and protectionism sees a dangerous world intent on our demise or ...
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14 Feb, 2017
LOVE
It's probably no surprise to you that I see offering world-class investment advice as a valuable service for the long-term well-being of our clients. And while I think of investing as critically ...
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25 Jan, 2017
4TH QUARTER 2016 - FINLAND STATION
After three years of war, and really, three centuries of Romanov repression, the Russian people had reached their breaking point. The Tsars army suffered defeat after defeat against the Kaisers superior...
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21 Dec, 2016
Shock, Part 4 (Divided We Are)
We began this series with a review of the likely economic policies and their implications of the new Trump administration, and discussed the long-term challenges investors face. We would have ...
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13 Dec, 2016
Shock, Part 3 (The End of Pax Americana)
We are all trying to make sense of the election of Donald J. Trump to the presidency, and a few weeks ago I outlined the possible economic agenda and its consequences the administration may pursue ...
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28 Nov, 2016
Shock, Part 2 (The Asset Allocator's Dilemma)
In Shock (Part 1) (http://blog.angelesadvisors.com/2016/11/shock-part-1/), we looked at a possible Trump economic agenda and its consequences. A large increase in government spending, tax cuts and ...
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22 Nov, 2016
Shock (Part 1)
Shock, a sudden drop in blood flow, is a serious medical condition. Untreated, it can quickly be fatal. There are numerous types and causes of shock, including anaphylactic, an allergic reaction, ...
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4 Nov, 2016
3RD QUARTER 2016 - CHANCELLORSVILLE
Abraham Lincoln suffered from clinical depression his whole life, but as 1862 drew to a close, even the most cheerful were likely to be losing faith in the Union cause. Virginia was turning from battlefield to graveyard for the Union armies.
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17 Oct, 2016
What I Learned While Atoning
Twenty-four hours without food or drink is supposed to help focus the mind on the task at hand: atoning for the sins of the past year in hopes thatyour name is placed in the Book of Life for another ...
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28 Sep, 2016
Janet Yellen Is Your Friend
I have not met Janet Yellen, but she seems like a perfectly friendly person. Yet, for some reason, investors seem to panic whenever she hints that the Fed is discussing whether and when to lift ...
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16 Sep, 2016
Give Us Your Poor
A large percentage of energy expended at Angeles is in evaluating, analyzing and judging investment managers. It is a core competency at Angeles, and we think we're pretty good at it.In doing this ...
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25 Aug, 2016
Falling Behind
It's good to be tall.Tall people tend to be more highly educated, earn more over their careers, are higher in the social pecking order, and live longer with better health.[Please don't complain to me ...
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22 Aug, 2016
Negative Negative is Positive
Housing is a small part of the larger economic picture, contributing only about 5% to GDP (although includingall the ancillary and related services probably triples that number). Still, for most ...
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26 Jul, 2016
2ND QUARTER 2016 - FISSION
University of Chicago is known for its excellent academics, not so much for its athletic prowess. But that wasnt always the case. One hundred years ago, the Maroons were the premier football...
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28 Jun, 2016
Rupture
[nota bene: this is a long one; if you don't have time, just skip to the summary at the end. I promise, no hard feelings.]The political experts were remarkably accurate in last week's UK ...
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7 Jun, 2016
La Justice?
I'm not French, and I'm not a lawyer. So I am certainly not a French lawyer. These facts may be obvious, but I state them as a possible explanation for my lack of understanding the (tortured) logic in ...
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24 May, 2016
Floating Oil
Oil has had a nice recovery this year (see graph for Brent, YTD), up about 18% to over $48/barrel today. Of course, this is still well below the +$100/barrel we saw from 2011 through most of 2014, so ...
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24 May, 2016
Housing Has Legs
Surprisingly strong housing numbers out this morning: new single-family homes rose 16.6% in April to an annual pace of 616,000 (see chart below), well above expectations, and up 23.8% over the past ...
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23 May, 2016
Inside the Triangle
Complexity makes investing so challenging. Unlike the pure sciences, there are no hard truths in investing, no discoverable axioms that determine outcomes with 100% confidence. At best, we can speak ...
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17 May, 2016
2016 - 1st Quarter Commentary
To read more, download the full 16 page PDF: ...
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10 May, 2016
Managing Home Bias: Defending the Value of Global Equities
Home Bias is the tendency for investors to overallocate to domestic investments regardless of the benefits of global diversification in terms of both risk and reward.
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