Plus ça change… plus c’est pareil
October 16, 2025
Continuing a bit on the theme of our last quarterly letter, which talked about how the market “climbs a wall of worry,” and the closing
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Continuing a bit on the theme of our last quarterly letter, which talked about how the market “climbs a wall of worry,” and the closing
My oh my! How fast things can change in the capital markets. The S&P 500 reached an all-time high of As we were writing the
My oh my! How fast things can change in the capital markets. The S&P 500 reached an all-time high of 6,144 on February 19th of
2024 turned out to be a very good year for equities in North America: the US market (the S&P 500) is up 25% and the
While the stock market usually posts moderate gains during election years, averaging 7% since 1952, 2024 could be an outlier, with the S&P 500 continuing
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It looks like this wall of worry is a lot taller than thought. After climbing it in 2023 (up 23.8%), the S&P 500 continued its
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