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The Implications of an Ultra-low Yield World

The Implications of an Ultra-low Yield World This quarter’s newsletter addresses two issues; large cash balances in client accounts and the challenges investors face in …

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2019 Second Quarter Newsletter & Outlook

The first half of 2019 was a drama involving the bond market anticipating a recession and the stock market assuming that the Fed would ride …

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2019 First Quarter Newsletter & Outlook

Investors are on edge. One good quarter does not a year’s performance make. I interpret the recent market volatility as evidence that we are in …

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2018 Year End Newsletter and Outlook

2018 placed MCS clients, measured as one large portfolio, in the top return categories among asset classes. This is no small feat. Until the fourth …

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2018 Third Quarter Newsletter & Outlook

The third quarter ended strong for US stocks and weak for bonds. As October ends, stocks have given back this year’s gains. Investors are getting …

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2018 Second Quarter Newsletter & Outlook

The markets treaded water in the first half. Trade war rhetoric, a deceleration in non-US global economic growth and fears of a yield curve inversion1 …

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