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All Aboard!

Over the last few weeks, the market has dropped its hyperactive fear of inflation (a fear we did not share) and has recently been obsessing over deflation. During the former period, we suggested that inflationary c... read more
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Acid Rain, Nukes, and A Diesel Rabbit

Do you remember Acid Rain and No More Nukes? When I was in high school a couple of decades ago, there was significant political and media attention paid to the potentially disastrous impacts that acid rain would ha... read more
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Second Quarter Performance Commentary and CNBC Appearance

This year has been a strong one for the stock market and for Broadleaf Partner's Growth Equity Portfolio. For details on our performance and insights on our current market outlook and strategy, please read the atta... read more
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Quarter End Silence, Economic Datapoints to Watch, and Welfare Independence

We'll be very busy for the next week or so as we complete our quarter end activities. As a result, it will also be a little quieter on the blog front. Please bare with us. The good news is that it was a great quart... read more
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The Wrong Questions, 1965 Medicare Budget Estimates, FF on T Shirts & MJ on I Tunes

Ben Bernanke got a major grilling from Congress yesterday over whether or not he had threatened to replace Ken Lewis and the entire board of Bank America if he didn't follow through with the acquisition of Merrill ... read more
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Fund Flow Funk

I like this chart from JP Morgan. As many of you know, I strongly believe that fund flows into and out of equity funds are a huge and often overlooked determinant of stock market returns. In particular, when fund f... read more
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Wait and See Attitudes

The World Bank may be driving markets lower today on its disappointing outlook for worldwide economic growth this year - down 2.9% - and a tepid outlook for 2010. The truth, of course, is that no one knows what's r... read more
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Health Care, New Financial Regulations and an Obama like Clinton

Health care stocks are enjoying a nice rally today. In fact, they are leading the markets higher for the first time I can remember in a very long time. What's also different about today's move is that it doesn't ap... read more
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Natural Gas, Roth IRA's, and Pepper and Salt

In recent weeks, I have been a buyer of late cyclical stocks, including energy, materials, and industrials. Within the energy space, I've really been interested in natural gas plays. I saw a chart that came across ... read more
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Technical, Practical, Theoretical; Observations on Bonds and Inflation

Long term treasury yields have backed up above 4% today, making a significant move off their lows in the 2's a number of months ago. While there are a number of folks claiming that this back up in yields reflects a... read more
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Bear Market Bubbles

New unemployment claims came in at 345,000 this morning. The bad news is that 345,000 more people lost their jobs, but the good news is that there has been a clear inflection point in the rate of change. A couple o... read more
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Continuing Strength

The markets have continued to do very well, moving above their 200 day moving average for the first time in eighteen months. Yesterday's ISM index continued to improve in April as it had in March. While it is not y... read more
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Milton Friedman by Stephen Moore and Phil Donahue

Stephen Moore wrote this excellent editorial today on Milton Friedman, a proud father of global capitalism, who passed away in 2006 at the age of 94. Friedman - like Reagan - had a way with words that helped capita... read more
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Consumer Staples and the Reflation Trade

Readers know that I'm intrigued by the prospects for consumer staples stocks. While we don't own anything in the space currently, this is largely because the area has tended to underperform during cyclical recoveri... read more
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Kids Say the Darndest Things - Art Linkletter on YouTube

A friend passed along the following YouTube clip of Art Linkletter interviewing children on his television show. Kids do indeed say some of the Darndest Things! This will make you laugh out loud! Art Linkletter on ... read more
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Answering Your Questions

A few of our friends and clients have been asking specific questions on our views of the market in recent days. We thought we'd share our responses. 1.) Given the market correction, do you perceive securities and o... read more
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More of the Same, With a Twist

Most of the economic data in recent days has been consistent with a "less bad" economy, but with a twist. After a month or two of "less bad" readings, expectations for economic indicators like employment and retail... read more
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Thinking about Higher Gasoline Prices

The biggest news in recent days, in my opinion, has been the rise in oil prices and gasoline at the pump. Where I live, I've seen prices climb from roughly $1.94 per gallon to $2.40 per gallon in about ten days. I'... read more
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Why God Made Moms; The View from the Second Grade

To all the Mother's out there, Happy Mother's Day! --- The Sons of Broadleaf Partners ************ WHY GOD MADE MOMS read more
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Today's News

There is a sizable divergence between the performance of the S&P 500 today, up about 1%, and the Russell 1000 Growth index, which is down slightly. The S&P 500 has a greater exposure to value stocks than the Russel... read more
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Learning to Ride

Yesterday, my five year old son Johnny learned to ride a bike. It was late in the evening and close to getting dark, but we had been talking about an attempt "sans" training wheels all day and so I said okay. Remov... read more