I have become a bit fatigued with the stream of bad economic news (European debt crisis, fiscal deficits, blah, blah, blah) seemingly taking permanent residence in the Wall Street Journal. Consequently, I am choosing to start this macro-economic perspective with a little bit of sunshine by reminding ourselves the commercial climate isn’t all that bad. [...]

  Let me preface this blog with the fact I am neither an economist nor a meteorologist, but based on certain macroeconomic indicators and discussions with our portfolio CEO’S, sense economic storm clouds looming on the horizon. My opinion flies in the face of our portfolio performance, which taken as a whole, has been strong [...]

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed, Then one day he was shootin at some food, And up through the ground came a bubblin crude. Oil that is, black gold, Texas tea. For those not familiar with the Beverly Hillbillies, a 1960′s TV [...]

     Over the past few years, much has been written on the impact of the internet and social networking websites as a medium for business development and their impact on the globalization of the world economies. Interestingly, the social media sites have been highlighted for their role in geopolitical developments in the Middle East. As [...]

First the good news…Corporate earnings have been good to great and manufacturing output remains healthy; The PMI has remained well north of 50, reflective of an expansionary manufacturing economy, for 18 consecutive months through January 2011. In fact the PMI hit 61 in January, its highest level since May 2004. Our portfolio, being largely manufacturing [...]