Chris Ely

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On Inflation

A Brief Essay on Inflation Several weeks ago I promised you a more detailed briefing on inflation. This issue is…
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Never Forget public
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Never Forget

September 8-11 Today, Saturday, September 11, 2021, marks the solemn 20th anniversary of the terror attacks on the World…
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Final Weeks of Summer

August 30 - September 3 Seven In A Row! Recently, I noted how rare is a six-month stretch of positive…
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A Somber Week

August 23-27 Sadly, the situation in Kabul, Afghanistan, has gone from chaotic to tragic with the cowardly attacks on…
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Summer Doldrums

August 16-20 A Market Pause? The stock market has posted positive returns for the last six months in a…
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Milestones

Week of August 9-13 A Couple of Anniversaries: On August 12, 1981, IBM introduced the IBM 5150, better known…
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Keeping It Simple

August 2-6 Friday's Jobs Report: Today's jobs report (for July) was solid with almost a…
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Shortest Recession Ever!

July 26 - 30 Shortest Recession Ever! Check out this table from Compound Advisors: The Covid induced recession of 2020 lasted…
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As Time Goes By...

July 12 - 16 Airline Travel: The TSA provides a daily count of passengers passing through their security checkpoints. Here'…
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As Time Goes By. . .

For the Week Ended July 9, 2021 The second half of 2021 has begun with quarterly earnings reports next up.…
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Looking back. . .

For investors, the twelve months ended June 30, 2021, have been memorable. As you can see from the table below,…
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