Applied Finance Group
Commentary
The Woody Hayes Economy
by Team of Applied Finance Group,
By preventing additional redistribution policies, the split government that will likely emerge from the November U.S. midterm elections will probably loosen some purse strings to invest, hire and grow. However, we probably will not see any policies that will meaningfully change the overall economic condition or the outlook for equities as an investment. The next two years will thus most likely bring a Woody Hayes economy - 'Three yards and cloud of dust'- meaning we will have some renewed economic activity, but not the sustained, robust growth to be expected coming out of such a long slump.
Commentary
Market Review
by Team of Applied Finance Group,
During the depths of the downturn a little over one year ago, many investors were quick to provide a lesson on the mathematics of loss. A 50 percent decline would require a subsequent 100 percent gain - not a 50 percent gain - to get back to even. Such truths, it seemed, were a justification for remaining bearish and a comfort perhaps to some, in making the painful decision to sell. Unfortunately, while the mathematics of loss is indeed an investing truth, it may also be an author of lies by suggesting that the only investor goal worth its salt is 'getting back to even.'
Commentary
At a Cross Road: Will Obama Follow Clinton?s Experience, or Go Rogue?
President Obama often praises former president Clinton's economic policies, but his populist proposals often in run in opposition to Clinton's fiscally conservative record. Washington must adopt a new pro-business rhetorical stance in order to promote new hiring and investment.
