Essays & Videos
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Thoughts On: Uses of Cash in the Portfolio
Should we go to cash? Why cash? Periodically, clients ask if we should “go to cash” with their portfolios. They never ask this question while stock prices are going up, [...]
Navigating Today’s Market Realities
Investors face a complex landscape: cash and short-term bonds offer modest returns that, after taxes and inflation, do not currently keep pace with rising living costs. For example, a 4.2% [...]
Memorandum #154
Jeff and Ron Muhlenkamp discuss the first quarter of 2025, which saw stable economic indicators like CPI. But significant government policy shifts, particularly in tariffs and regulatory restructuring, have created [...]
Letter to My Daughters: On Inflation as a Benchmark
In my last letter,[1] I talked about the various risks you have to contend with as an investor, and that different risks become more or less critical depending on what [...]
So Far the 2020’s Don’t Look Like the 2010’s
Portfolio Manager Jeff Muhlenkamp reviews the impact of national and international policies, the state of the US economy, the global economy, and changes in the political environment on investment opportunities. [...]
Is It Time To Play It Safe?
In a recent Bloomberg article, our portfolio manager, Jeff Muhlenkamp, summed up the current state of financial markets saying, “You’re going from an environment where everybody was certain to an [...]