Category: Client Letters

So far in 2026, the year has been a mixed one for investors such as ourselves, who prefer consistency and stability to chaos and confusion.

Quarterly Client Letter: Q2 2026

A recent article in The Economist on the mixed blessings of the AI revolution said, “…it is fiendishly difficult to discern who will profit the...
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q1 2026

The Committee seeks to achieve maximum employment and inflation at the rate of 2 percent over the longer run. Uncertainty about the economic outlook remains...
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q4 2025

The past year delivered unexpected developments of all kinds, both positive and negative, but a major surprise to us was the performance of the economy...
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q3 2025

When the tech bubble in the stock market inflated during 1999, we don’t recall as much chatter about a  bubble as we are hearing today....
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q2 2025

Our weekly investment committee meetings focus on analyzing the latest economic news and its effect on our Model Portfolio* stocks as well as on the...
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q1 2025

A tariff is a tax imposed by one country on the goods and services imported from another country to influence it, raise revenues, or protect competitive advantages....
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q4 2024

I can calculate the movement of the stars, but not the madness of men. –Sir Isaac Newton The past year was one in which “animal...
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q3 2024

Today, the Federal Open Market Committee decided to reduce the degree of policy restraint by lowering our policy interest rate by ½ percentage point. This...
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q2 2024

Quarterly Client Letter: Q2 2024 When you find a truly wonderful business, stick with it. Patience pays, and one wonderful business can offset the many...
Read More

Quarterly Client Letter: Q1 2024

Therefore, we are prepared for a very broad range of interest rates, from 2% to 8% or even more, with equally wide-ranging economic outcomes —...
Read More