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Feb 23 2023

The 2021 Speculative Mania And Its Aftermath

  • Feb 23, 2023

One of the societal benefits of recessions and bear markets is that they serve to correct the unhealthy excesses that build up in overheated economic booms and overly enthusiastic bull markets. As market historians, we believe it is instructive to look back at cycles of excesses and their corrections to learn how such patterns evolve and, quite often, repeat themselves.

 

Aug 06 2020

Corporate Debt Continues To Pile Up

  • Aug 6, 2020

Public companies are loading up on debt. Since we wrote about this topic over a year ago, a few metrics have reached, or are surpassing, peaks of 1999-2000. When the readings move to extreme levels, we recommend readers take precautions.