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Each month, the BCWM Portfolio Management team publishes an Investment Commentary that examines the latest developments in financial markets and the economy. We filter out the noise and present the information most relevant to our investment strategies and management of our clients’ portfolios.

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Paying Your Fair Share

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Wealthy people have been getting bashed pretty regularly lately... even by themselves. Warren Buffet gave President Obama extra fuel for higher taxes by admitting his “secretary” pays taxes at a higher rate than he does. Rest assured she doesn’t actually pay more tax than Buffet, she just pays at a higher rate because virtually all…
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September 11

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It was mid-afternoon and I was in Mrs. Rawlings fourth grade class. I don’t recall if there was an announcement over the school speaker or if Mrs. Rawlings told us directly, but we were informed that our school was closing for the day and we were all instructed to go home. Walk home I guess.…
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Democracy Can Be Ugly

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This is written a little later than usual. The alleged deadline for Congress to raise the debt ceiling was August 2nd, so I didn’t want to write an investment comment on August 1st with potentially significant news coming out the next day. After the debt ceiling was raised, investors discovered all sorts of other things…
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Thirty Years of Investing

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Thirty years ago today (July 1st) I got my start in the investment industry as a stockbroker at a firm called Kidder, Peabody & co. I was reminded of that today when I walked into the office and there were signs and balloons (30 of them) congratulating me for… surviving? Technically I think they were…
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Why Inflation is Not a Problem Anytime Soon

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I spent the second week of May at the 64th annual conference of the CFA Institute. The venue this year was Edinburgh, Scotland and I was able to include a couple rounds of golf. It’s truly a wonder how one can experience rain, heat, sun, rain, strong winds and calm sunshine again… all in one…
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