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The Wild Card – Oil!

David Nelson

The culprit was Friday’s ISM Manufacturing and Construction Spending reports, both coming in below expectations. I am confident that a combination of a born-again Fed and a growing effort to shore up our manufacturing footprint will bring the results necessary to return the United States to economic growth and prosperity.

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Shadow Consumption

Brown Advisory

Economic recoveries usually feature a surge in consumption as employment and wages rebound. economy is in its sixth year of expansion, the housing market is strengthening, initial claims for unemployment insurance have hit a 41-year low, and yet there is one group that seems noticeably absent from the party: the consumer. Current U.S.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, or have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company, though some of the subsidiaries do. Berkshire doesn’t do strategic plans.) are going to be the superpowers of the world economically and otherwise for a long time to come.

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2018 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholder Meeting

Brown Advisory

It doesn’t manage for quarter-to-quarter earnings, provide earnings guidance, or have budgets and strategic plans at the parent company, though some of the subsidiaries do. Berkshire doesn’t do strategic plans.) are going to be the superpowers of the world economically and otherwise for a long time to come.

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