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The U.S. Shouldn’t Get Too Creative With Debt Sales

Posted on February 5, 2019 by admin

Once again the kind editors at Bloomberg reached out asking my thoughts on Treasury thinking-out-of-the-box when it comes to new sorts of issues to deal with the deficit. Below is what I wrote and they published. Note the conclusion; in … Continue reading →

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Active Funds Are Winning (in Bonds, That Is)

Posted on February 4, 2019 by admin

This was a pleasant surprise this morning; to see myself nicely quoted in the WSJ on a theme that’s been dear to my heart.  Here’s the link; https://goo.gl/LYmJ9Q Active Funds Are Winning (in Bonds, That Is) Active managers have more … Continue reading →

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The Last Cast

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

When Charlie Calisher was shoved into early retirement he made a promise to himself; he’d fish until he got bored. Boredom was not the goal. Boredom was a worry, an admonishment, a sentence that he was beside the point.  He’d … Continue reading →

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The Lonely Shadow Box

Posted on February 1, 2019 by admin

On the wall of Chick’s den hangs a shadow box.  You know the sort; a framed box containing three-dimensional things, real objects as opposed to art.  That someone would go to the trouble of putting a shadow box collection together … Continue reading →

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The Reunion

Posted on January 30, 2019 by admin

Sam smiled at the woman sitting at the registration table and pointed to his name on the card that carried an unfocused black and white photo of him when he was 17. Looking around at the others, names vaguely recalled … Continue reading →

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Baby Boomers Will Be a Drag on Stock Market Rebound

Posted on January 29, 2019 by admin

(This appeared on WealthManagement.com on Jan 7) Those who own the most equities don’t have a lot of time to recover before retirement, and are likely to sell into any rally. David Ader | Jan 07, 2019 (Bloomberg Opinion) –There’s been an … Continue reading →

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A Different Market Faces a Different Fed

Posted on January 29, 2019 by admin

(This column appeared in WealthManagement.com on Jan 28, goo.gl/FqhRD2) Odds are that with rates in general low, an expanding Fed balance sheet will have to come into play in a much bigger way in the next downturn, and the Fed … Continue reading →

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(D) David Ader

Posted on January 24, 2019 by admin

A few moments ago I opened my Bloomberg, something I’ve done almost daily for decades, to see this message; “Your free trial will expire in 1 day(s), 4 hour(s) and 55 minutes (s).” I had tried for another extension, but … Continue reading →

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Last Remains

Posted on January 23, 2019 by admin

Deano bent over the camping gear in the attic, brushing away the cobwebs and dried out flies, careful not to lift his head to the sloped roof with nails sticking down through any number of the shingles that had been … Continue reading →

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Back to the Front

Posted on January 21, 2019 by admin

They’d been at it all day. Walking, swinging the detector, alternating between who would yell ‘here’ and who would dig. The yells came on fast and furious in the first couple of hours. As the day wore, the yells turned … Continue reading →

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