Brian DeChesare

JANUARY 4, 2023

Any discussion of the financial markets in 2022 needs to acknowledge one important fact upfront: it was the worst year for stocks and bonds since at least 1871. Meanwhile, disasters kept emerging in the riskiest parts of the market, such as crypto (see: FTX , Celsius, etc.), Treasuries: 19% [Up 19%]. Short-Term U.S.

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Benzinga

MAY 3, 2024

The increase in the average cost of CDs and savings accounts occurred as interest rates were raised in response to the increase in market interest rates. Interest expense on savings accounts rose by $969,000 due to a 56 basis point increase in the average cost of savings accounts which was partially offset by a $143.40

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 17, 2024

That positive result notwithstanding, the recovery was uneven, with a big chunk of the increase in market capitalization coming from seven companies (Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, NVidia and Tesla) and wide divergences in performance across stocks, in performance. increase in market capitalization.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 8, 2022

To start the year, I returned to a ritual that I have practiced for thirty years, and that is to take a look at not just market changes over the last year, but also to get measures of the financial standing and practices of companies around the world. Happy New Year, and I hope that 2022 brings you good tidings!

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Musings on Markets

JULY 17, 2023

I am not a market prognosticator for a simple reason. I am just not good at it, and the first six months of 2023 illustrate why market timing is often the impossible dream, something that every investor aspires to be successful at, but very few succeed on a consistent basis.

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Musings on Markets

AUGUST 5, 2023

If you have been reading my posts, you know that I have an obsession with equity risk premiums, which I believe lie at the center of almost every substantive debate in markets and investing. The risk premium that you demand has different names in different markets.

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Reynolds Holding

JANUARY 4, 2023

On December 27, 2022, Treasury released Notices 2023-7 and 2023-2 (the “Notices”). The Notices are intended to provide interim guidance until proposed Treasury Regulations are promulgated. Future Mark-to-Market Guidance. Mark-to-Market Financial Statement Items. Until such time, Taxpayers can rely on the Notices.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 19, 2022

The proposed amendments would provide flexibility by permitting the board of directors to delegate to a person or body the authority to issue stock under Section 152, sell treasury shares under Section 153 and issue rights or options to acquire stock under Section 157.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 9, 2021

I spent the first week of 2021 in the same way that I have spent the first week of every year since 1995, collecting data on publicly traded companies and analyzing how they navigated the cross currents of the prior year, both in operating and market value terms.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 21, 2023

It is the nature of stocks that you have good years and bad ones, and much as we like to forget about the latter during market booms, they recur at regular intervals, if for no other reason than to remind us that risk is not an abstraction, and that stocks don't always win, even in the long term. at the start of that year.

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Musings on Markets

JANUARY 20, 2021

Investors are constantly in search of a single metric that will tell them whether a market is under or over valued, and consequently whether they should buying or selling holdings in that market. Risk premiums can and will change over time : Risk premiums are driven by risk aversion, and risk aversion itself can change over time.

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Musings on Markets

MAY 11, 2021

The Taxation of Investment Income In much of the world, income from investments (interest, dividends) is treated differently than earned income (salary, wages), by the tax code, and the reasons for the divergence are both practical and political: 1.

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Benzinga

APRIL 18, 2022

markets is again demonstrated by the announcement of our intent to acquire Rock Canyon Bank," said Tim Laney, Chairman, President and CEO of National Bank Holdings Corporation. They will also benefit from enhanced service offerings including expanded commercial loan and treasury management solutions.". "We at March 31, 2022.

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Reynolds Holding

APRIL 11, 2022

In light of the recent increased volatility in the global financial markets, 1 a number of companies have raised questions regarding the desirability of repurchasing shares at reduced market prices. Most share repurchases are effected over time through open market purchases.

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