The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

And ev all the sort of compliance, client service, legal, kind of, everything was done sort of on the side by investment people. And I can tell you from personal experience, us finance people, we’re not great at accounting, legal, compliance, all the detail and stuff that, that keeps the firm running. I love Judge John Hodgman.

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Carson Wealth

JUNE 12, 2023

Carson’s leading economic index indicates the economy is not in a recession. We found there were two times during the tech bubble that stocks gained 20% and again moved to new lows, and it also happened during the global financial crisis of 2007-2009. We’ve been in the bullish camp all year, expecting better times and returns.

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 12, 2017

Berkshire Hathaway In the 52 years since Buffett took control, Berkshire Hathaway has grown from a small, economically challenged New England textile company to one of the largest U.S. In the last 10 years, 2007 through 2016, Berkshire’s shareholders’ equity per share and share price compounded at roughly 9.3%

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Brown Advisory

JUNE 12, 2017

In the 52 years since Buffett took control, Berkshire Hathaway has grown from a small, economically challenged New England textile company to one of the largest U.S. In the last 10 years, 2007 through 2016, Berkshire’s shareholders’ equity per share and share price compounded at roughly 9.3% Berkshire Hathaway.

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Carson Wealth

MAY 22, 2023

Economic data continues to come in strong, including for retail sales and vehicle production. Housing starts and permits data are turning around as builders become more confident about the economic outlook. Housing may no longer be a drag on economic growth the rest of this year. The housing market is showing signs of recovery.

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The Big Picture

AUGUST 15, 2023

SEIDES: John Yeah, I said back then, the bet started in 2007 and I say today, being in the market and investing in hedge funds is completely apples and oranges. This is the summer of 2007. RITHOLTZ: 2007. Let me say what your compliance wouldn’t allow you to say. So back in 2007. And what was his response?

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 14, 2022

MCCARTHY: I’d back up actually a little bit further in thinking about how did I get there, because I don’t think it was very obvious actually that I would come out of Yale with an ethics, politics and economics degree — RITHOLTZ: Perfect really, right? You could argue buying that in 2007 was the worst possible time.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

And so the idea is that, what I’ve heard is like, hey, we’re going into a recession or a weak economic period so therefore everybody’s going to go into work four and a half days a week because they want face time with their boss. And you definitely have some industries or some companies that want five days a week right now.

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Carson Wealth

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Yes, stocks hit new highs right before COVID and in early 2007, but the great majority of the other times over the past generation new highs have meant an economy that was growing, not an economy in a recession. As you can see, prior to the 2010s, the primary balance was always in positive territory as economic expansions wore on.

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