Author Archives: Jordan Smyth

In this latest installment of our quarterly report, my colleagues and I share some observations on the market’s behavior in 2011, offer our outlook for the economy and market in 2012, and discuss three of the securities we are currently buying: Apple (AAPL), General Dynamics (GD), and Lowe’s (LOW).
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As usual, we read just about every year-end market review and 2012 outlook we could find over the past several weeks, and we thought we’d share some of them with you.  Unfortunately, some of what we reviewed is behind pay walls, but the ones offered below are available and provide a range of insightful commentary.
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In this latest installment of our quarterly report, my colleagues and I review the turbulent third quarter of 2011, offer our outlook for the economy and market, and discuss three of the securities we are currently buying: Novartis AG (NVS), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), and BioMed Realty Trust Series A Preferred Shares (BMRPRA).
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In our last blog post, written just after the downgrade of US government debt, we advised investors to stick with a proven strategy and avoid panic.  Stocks have bounced around since then, staying above the August low but remaining volatile.  More recently, concerns that the European debt situation might derail the global economy have risen, [...]