Bye-Bye Buybacks?

/ February 14, 2020

Do you want to know when the longest bull market in history will end? Dumb question, right? I mean who doesn’t? Certainly, all those aging Baby Boomers with most of their net worth now in the stock market might have more than a passing curiosity about the great bull’s sell-by date.

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The Long and Short of the Wuhan Flu

/ February 7, 2020

One of the most poignant global pandemics in recent memory has been the unexpected outbreak of the coronavirus in China’s Hubei province. The spread and impact of the disease even changed this week’s plan to release the next edition of Bubble 3.0, instead favoring some pertinent commentary from Gavekal’s Arthur Kroeber on the “Wuhan Flu”.

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Prelude to Crisis

/ January 31, 2020

When we published the first edition of our Bubble 3.0 series in December 2017, the S&P 500 had ballooned to then-record-highs. Most pundits at the time turned a blind eye to some of the more concerning aspects of the market, and our view of a pending implosion was very much in the minority.

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