Research & News
Keller Quarterly (April 2024)
Letter to Investors | PDF “What could go wrong?” When that question is uttered with confidence, wise folks immediately brace themselves for calamity. It is an oddity of the stock market that the more quickly a stock ascends in price, the less often people seem to worry about what could go wrong. Rising stock prices… Read More »
Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly – The Incremental Uranium Demand for Weapons (April 15, 2024)
by the Asset Allocation Committee | PDF In our Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly report from March 4, 2024, we began to explain more fully our recent decision to introduce uranium and uranium miners into our Asset Allocation strategies. Our key thesis was that current and planned investments in new nuclear reactors for electricity generation, especially in… Read More »
Bi-Weekly Geopolitical Report – Is Japan Back? (April 8, 2024)
by Thomas Wash | PDF In the early 1960s, futurologist Herman Kahn boldly predicted Japan’s economic dominance. He envisioned the nation surpassing the United States in per-capita economic output by 1990 and matching its total economic output a decade later. Kahn’s vision seemed imminent, fueled by Japan’s rise as a major exporter of autos and… Read More »
Asset Allocation Bi-Weekly – Gold, Gold Miners, and Central Banks (April 1, 2024)
by the Asset Allocation Committee | PDF One challenge for investors seeking to benefit from rising gold prices has been that trading and holding the yellow metal is often more expensive than trading or holding stocks or other financial assets. Buying physical gold can involve fat commissions and large costs for storage and insurance. Buying… Read More »
Bi-Weekly Geopolitical Report – Venezuela Threatens Guyana (March 25, 2024)
by Patrick Fearon-Hernandez, CFA | PDF Even though “Great Power” competition between big countries like the United States and China is once again the main source of tension in international affairs, smaller-scale tensions and conflicts involving regional powers still have the potential to disrupt key supply chains and escalate into broader wars. One such potential… Read More »