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2023
Fourth Quarter 2023

Tapped Out?

“The entire world economy rests on the consumer; if he ever stops spending money he doesn’t have on things he doesn’t need – we’re done for.” – Bill Bonner, Author

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2023
Third Quarter 2023

Mixed Signals

“Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists” – John Kenneth Galbraith, Economist

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2023
Second Quarter 2023

Next Stop—Pottersville!

“You’re thinking of this place all wrong. As if I had the money back in a safe. The money’s not here. Your money’s in Joe’s house… right next to yours. And in the Kennedy house, and Mrs. Macklin’s house, and a hundred others…” – George Bailey, “It’s a Wonderful Life”

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2023
First Quarter 2023

Return to Trend?

“The whole reason that our capitalist system works the way it does is because there are cycles, and the cycles self-correct.” – Seth Klarman, Baupost Group

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