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Fed’s Shortcut to Greatness

I am traveling this weekend to our nation’s capital with my almost-10-year-old son, Jonah. I’m giving a speech on Monday at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (the presentation will be across the street from the Pentagon; you can register here).  The following weekend I am taking my wife to Kansas City, where we’ll [...]

March 22, 2011 | Posted in In Defense of Capitalism,In Defense of Capitalism!,Latest,Slider | Read More »

Margin Shrinkage – It Can Happen to You

Profit margins are a tick away from all-time highs and are creating the impression of cheap equity valuations.   But that impression is a mirage, because today’s generous margins are destined to shrink. I first wrote about this in January 2008, and here is an update to that article.  All I had to do was to [...]

March 16, 2011 | Posted in Latest,Slider,The Process,The Process All | Read More »

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  • Anonymous: Great story and I admire your work. Did you marry a Russian girl? Being married to a Russian girl and...
  • Christian Rivera: Also can Walmart grow eps 15%/yr like they did from 1996 to 2006?
  • Christian Rivera: Vitaliyk, do you think Walmart will increase margins more than 50% (3.5% to 5.3%) in the next...
  • McCoy Penninger: I really enjoyed reading this.  Dead on.
  • I Need Money: So I guess is we hear Hoenig say that “the Fed should stick to its mission as lender of last...