Distraction Our family is constantly on the go … with two young girls, I find myself throwing my laptop into my backpack as I move from one location to the next: be it bringing my girls to and from school, soccer practice, a kids CrossFit class, or working around my oldest daughters’ gymnastics schedule, we’re moving non-stop. That being…
‘Twas the night before Christmas … And I’m slowly recovering from one of the worst fevers of my adult life; my head feels like it had been pounded on for days. As I write, my nostrils which had shrunk to the size of pin holes are just beginning to open again and my lungs are exhausted from hacking. Less…
“The striking thing … the economic data have been surreally good!” (source revealed below) Principles I’m a fairly large individual … standing at roughly 6’3” 255lb; a 52” chest, 36/38” waist depending on the cut of pants with veins popping from my forearms, it’s safe to say I have an athletic build. Over the years, many have suggested that…
“The war on inflation is over. We won, at very little cost.” economist @PaulKrugman A crumbling narrative Our opening quote comes from “Nobel laureate”, “Distinguished” Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, Op-Ed columnist for @nytopinion, Author + more … just ask him, I’m sure he’ll tell you … Paul Krugman in a…
Last month we discussed the importance of understanding the details in the data quoting Twain, “There are three kinds of lies: Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics” … we noted that it’s not the data that lies, but those who manipulate it. This month we’re going to piggyback off a few of our more recent notes for as the data…
“Der Teufel steckt im Detail” While nearly impossible to pinpoint with 100% accuracy its origin, historians suggest it was the controversial German philosopher and poet Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 – 1900) who uttered the above phrase in the late 1880’s … most likely a variation of French novelist, Gustave Flaubert’s (1821 – 1880), “Le bon Dieu est dans le…
The Other Side After having spent nearly 22 years on Wall Street, Other Side Asset Management opened our doors in early 2018 with the goal to contribute, lead and help restore certain fundamental principles we believed the industry to be lacking. With honestly and integrity at the heart of our core values, given our unique path, and in turn,…
Addicere… The above word may look familiar to you, not because you know it’s meaning, but the meaning of the word that’s derived from it?! ‘Addicere’ is Latin for “enslaved” or “bound to” … foundationally, it is root of the word, ‘addiction’. Merriam-Webster defines the word, ‘addicted’ the following way: “exhibiting a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for…
We began our 3Q2022 note off with an Aesop fable … “The ass &his driver”. To my surprise, some readers were unfamiliar with both Aesop and this particular “fable”. Though, as we noted then: “The beauty in these fictional tales resides in their elegant simplicity.” Given the “disconnect” between current economic conditions as defined by THE DATA vs. recent…
“The ancient Egyptians understood time as a series of repetitive cycles, instead of something linear” ~Joobin Bekhrad, December 4, 2017 Ouroboros … … is commonly defined as: “a circular symbol depicting a snake, or less commonly a dragon, swallowing its tail, as an emblem of wholeness or infinity.” While the first known ouroboros was found on a “golden shrine” in the Egyptian tomb of King…
