– By Fred Dunlap – Thanks to a good friend, my wife and I were invited to attend an intimate gathering on Thursday with Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. I don’t have a Bucket List, and I haven’t ever thought to create one. But if I had, meeting with these two people would have been undoubtedly […]

– By Fred Dunlap – After whispering for 43 trading days, the financial markets have again begun to roar. Gone are the sanguine days of summer.  And in their place, instability has returned. With it, price volatility is abounding, indicative of nervous investors across the planet. Two Fridays ago, while blissfully sleeping under some Italian grape […]

– By Fred Dunlap – So much for robust US growth in the second quarter. Q216 GDP had been projected to grow at an annual rate of 2.6%, but when all the eggs were counted, it came in at 1.2%, consistent with the sluggish performance (1.1%) in the first quarter. In our last newsletter, we discussed […]

– By Fred Dunlap – A dozen days have passed since my last missive. Twelve short days–a mere blink in our time on this planet. And yet in these twelve days we have seen horrific events, both domestically and abroad. We were shocked to see our police fall in Dallas, Texas, an event caused by racial hatred. […]