Tom Sudyka: Ken Kroeker and Frank Lawson founded Lawson Kroeker in 1986. I joined the firm in 1999 after 15 years as a manager of various mutual funds. The fourth member of our team is Bruce VanKooten who joined us in 2006 after being at several trust departments and investment management firms.
Category: Finance
7 Simple Steps to Take for a Successful 2015
Fall is the time to plan ahead so you can launch the new year as a profitable one.
Monetary policy: When will they learn?
THE monetary economics of a world in which interest rates are close to zero are not especially mysterious. Stimulating the economy at that point requires central banks to raise expected inflation. Disinflation, by contrast, results in passive tightening, since the central bank can’t lower its policy rate and since the …
US Dollar Loses Sentiment Edge in EUR/USD, USD/JPY
The US Dollar bull run was reinforced by an aggressively short retail crowd. The tides are turning, and that may be bad news for the buck.
GBP/USD Bucks Trend & Clears Previous Day Range- RSI Breakout?
Despite the range bound price action across the major currencies, the GBP/USD has bucked the trend and looks poised for a further advance as the RSI breaks out.
Six Months of Nothing
The Absolute Return Letter, October 2014 “Imagination is a poor substitute for experience.” Havelock Ellis The accident It was late in the evening of the 12th March. I was going to bed early as I had a big day ahead of me. Cycling is my sport and I had lined …
Week Starts Positively for Industrial Metals & Grains
While today’s trading data from China was a ;bit disappointing, it was good enough to ;push copper higher. Nickel advanced as ;well. China’s …
Here’s Why Betterment’s CEO Loves That People Call His Investing Website A ‘Robo-Adviser’
The term “robo-adviser,” which can be traced back to 2002, isn’t usually meant as a compliment. It refers to online automated investment platforms, which use algorithms to manage investors’ money automatically, rather than assigning a human adviser to actively manage each client’s investments. By calling companies that practice this …
Bullard Urges More Fed Communications to Satisfy Market Cravings – Businessweek
Wall Street JournalBullard Urges More Fed Communications to Satisfy Market CravingsBusinessweekThe Federal Reserve should move to a quarterly monetary report and a press conference after every meeting to enhance communication with financial markets, St. Louis Fed President James Bullard said. “Markets crave reassurance from the chair even if not …Bullard'…
International Debt and Financial Crises
by Joseph Joyce (re-posted from Capital Ebbs and Flows) International Debt and Financial Crises The latest issue of the IMF’s World Economic Outlook has a chapter on global imbalances that discusses the evolution of net foreign assets (also known as the net international investment position) in debtor and creditor …
For varying groups, market frenzy may help or hurt
The second health care worker diagnosed with Ebola in Texas is a 29-year-old nurse who treated the Liberian man who died of the disease in a Dallas hospital. WASHINGTON – The turbulence that’s roiling financial markets is punishing stock investors, raising worries for major U.S. companies and will likely …
Calling into question what we are being told about ISIS, QE and Ebola
By John MauldinA note has been circulating among economists, calling into question the wisdom of another group of economists who wrote an open letter to the Federal Reserve a few years ago suggesting that one of the risks of their quantitative easing program was increased inflation. Since we have not …
Homebuilder Confidence Plunges
Sentiment for the home builders took a big dive in October, falling to its lowest level since July. According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), home builder sentiment dropped from 59 down to 54, compared to expectations of 59. October’s report ended a run of four straight months where the survey …
Avoiding Last-Minute Errors
Scrambling to finish your taxes? Don’t make these common mistakes.
The Missing Ingredient for Change
I’ve had a lot of successes in changing my life for the better. Over the course of approximately five and a half years, Sarah and I managed to pay off three student loans, three car loans, four nearly-maxed-out credit cards, and a full home mortgage, moving ourselves …
Delta Air Lines profit slumps on higher expenses
(Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc's quarterly profit slumped 74 percent as higher operating expenses did not allow the U.S. airline to take advantage of strong business and leisure travel. Total operating expenses jumped 16 percent to $10.34 billion in the third quarter ended Sept. 30. Delta's shares were down 2 percent …
Stocks Bounce as Bullard Considers More Bond Buying
Stocks have rallied off their lows today, and the Fed’s James Bullard is being given the credit. Bloomberg James Bullard, president of the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank In an interview on Bloomberg, Bullard mentioned the possibility of delaying the end of the Fed’s bond buying, a somewhat surprising turn …
Blackstone profit misses, sees chance to put more cash to work
By Greg Roumeliotis (Reuters) – Blackstone Group LP , the world's largest alternative asset manager, on Thursday reported lower-than-expected third-quarter earnings, but said it was well positioned to profit from market jitters and put more of its $42.3 billion in undrawn investor capital to work. As markets rallied …