Muhlenkamp & Company

Tony Muhlenkamp provides examples to support the maxim by Ron Muhlenkamp that “Just because everybody knows something doesn’t make it true.”

In 1965 I was studying for a degree in Engineering.

Jeff and Ron Muhlenkamp review what happened in 2022 regarding inflation, interest rates, the housing market, supply disruptions, energy problems, and foreign currency turbulence.

The Fed’s inflation-fighting efforts have resulted in a stronger dollar relative to most other major currencies.

Jeff and Ron focus on the response by the Federal Reserve to rising inflation. They also discuss some of the consequences of increasing interest rates.

Jeff provides his views on cryptocurrencies, from a few different angles.

Ron and Jeff Muhlenkamp explain that recent tax cuts and deregulation should help keep the economy moving. Asset markets, on the other hand, could be affected by monetary tightening as the Federal Reserve and other central banks reduce or reverse their easy money policies.

In this edition of the Muhlenkamp Memorandum, Ron and Jeff discuss the Small Business Optimism Index chart which is produced by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). It is based on monthly surveys of its members in order to better understand the environment in which small businesses are operating.