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A Winter’s Walk

It was just the two of them, trudging along for what felt like an eternity. They walked that first night and hid the next day. At some point they’d given up on trying to hide; there was no one to … Continue reading

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Man’s Best Friend

Willis stumbled again. He hadn’t seen the slick root of the spruce. Anyway, he had given up trying to avoid them. He grabbed at a wet pine branch, scraping his already raw hand and getting sap on it but managed … Continue reading

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

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)

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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A Different Market Faces a Different Fed

(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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Back to the Front

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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About Me

(Well. The idea of this blog is to publish things that no one else would like bother to publish OR, more likely, reflects a degree of laziness in that I don’t have a lot of time to find a legitimate … Continue reading

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This Time Really is Different

(This is a sample of my professional work…ha ha ha….and appeared on Bloomberg in April 2018.) Get Ready For Deeper, Longer Bear Markets in Stocks: David Ader Baby boomers control most of America’s wealth, but have neither the time nor … Continue reading

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The Tale of the Empty House

(I was tempted to call this “A Fairfield County Story,” but that was a bit too close to home.  Not my home mind you.  But in the neighborhood.) Jan and Pat Stafford stopped in front of 28 North Gate as … Continue reading

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“Hey, I Just Felt It. A Twinge of Fear.”

“Hey, I Just Felt It. A Twinge of Fear.” (Written by Edward. A McCabe, former president and creative director of Scali, McCabe, Sloves, this appear in the New York Times Magazine on Dec 7, 1986 whenI was going through a rough … Continue reading

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