The path to wealth is a lifelong strategy. Young professionals, families and those approaching retirement all have different goals, but they share the common desire for financial success and stability. Broadleaf Pa...read more
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The Economy of Trees
I have been keeping a personal journal for most of the past ten years. Rarely do I get time to go back and look at what I wrote but I have a long term retirement goal of typing down the volumes for my children some...read more
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A Letter to the President
Ten years ago, my son Pete wrote a letter to President Bush as a first grade class assignment following the events of 9/11. He encouraged the President to stand firm in his decisions and closed by asking if he was ...read more
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The Fed’s Behind Home Plate
In recent weeks, I’ve learned that the catcher, next to the pitcher, is perhaps the most important position in all of baseball. The catcher is the equivalent of the Highway Patrol, CIA and FBI, all rolled up into o...read more
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This is fascinating!
Provided below is a chart we found extremely interesting. It is a breakdown of inflation since 2000 in terms of the eight main components used to calculate the Consumer Price Index every month. Some of the growth i...read more
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Doug MacKay to appear on CNBC Thursday, March 29th at 10:35am
Please tune in to watch Broadleaf Partners' Chief Investment Officer, Doug MacKay, on CNBC's Squawk on the Street this Thursday, March 29th, at 10:35am. For those of you unable to catch it live, a video will be pos...read more
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Tooth Fairy Economics
Johnny lost a tooth last night. Unfortunately, the Tooth Fairy got carried away line dancing at the Thirsty Cowboy in Medina, Ohio too long to find out about it in time. Country band Coalie's Run must have been put...read more
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Morgan Stanley Hedges, Morphine & Athletes
This WallStreet Journal article on hedging activities that have recently backfired at Morgan Stanley once again made me wonder how so many smart people can get so wrapped up into attempting to get something for not...read more
'What's this?' the boss asks. 'Ave you gotta no brain? Tree and tree and tree makes a nine,' says the Italian. 'Fair enough,' says the boss. 'Here's your second question. Use the same rules, but this time the numbe...read more
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Bumped by the U.S. Downgrade
Our appearance on CNBC this morning was rescheduled due to the media coverage of S&P's downgrade of the United States credit rating. We hope to be rescheduled soon.read more
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Second Quarter 2011 Performance Commentary
The second quarter, unlike the first, was a rocky one for the stock market. While earnings season remained strong, a number of event driven factors including Japan, Greece, excessive rain in the U.S., and rising fo...read more
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The Fed Loses Its Soul
I thought this piece, The Fed Loses Its Soul, was well done. My comments follow.read more
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Silver & Gold, Silver & Gold
A new Economic Update, published last week and titled Silver & Gold, Silver & Gold, is available on our website.read more
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Technology, Revolution & Choice
For some reason, this blog entry was published before it was finished. My apologies. Here is the complete version. ********* It fascinates me to watch how the political unrest that started in Egypt has spread to ot...read more
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The Perfect Husband
Several men are in the locker room of a golf club when a cellular phone on a bench rings and a man engages the hands-free speaker function and begins to talk. Everyone else in the room stops to listen. MAN: "Hello!...read more
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200 Countries, 200 Years, Four Minutes
A former coworker just sent me this video which does a very clever job of showing the improvement in health and wealth of over 200 countries over the last 200 years. Pretty amazing visual, isn't it? http://www.flix...read more
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CNBC Power Lunch Appearance
We appeared on CNBC's Power Lunch yesterday, December 9th, to discuss the subject of bonds versus dividend stocks.read more
I wrote this update relatively quickly last night; it is perhaps a little too deep for general distribution as an Economic Update. Seeing that I didn't want it to go to waste, I thought it might be a perfect post f...read more
