Notes from the CIO - SAM

Notes from the CIO - SAM


Latest Episodes

Leaning on Narratives
August 21, 2024

In this podcast, I lament the quick-draw narratives that seem to drive short-term market volatility.

Can't Will Returns
April 24, 2024

This session, I ponder the motivations of and position our work against the "do this now!" punditry.

AI in Practice
February 07, 2024

In this podcast, I provide some early glimpses of the power of artificial intelligence in practice. I also discuss some concerns I have for the technologies' broader usage in investment management and

The Logic of Asset Management
September 01, 2023

Cash holdings may provide comfort, but inflation diminishes the value of uninvested cash over time. Outside of purchase delays and product substitutes, there is little more consumers can do to directl

For Every Seller
July 07, 2023

So long as one did not carry too substantial an amount of interest rate risk in portfolios, markets provided a solid foundation for generally positive returns over the past quarter and year. While fix

With Tech Tread Carefully
June 04, 2023

Waiting for AI

How Much Risk Where?
March 30, 2023

Over the four-plus decades since Americans last braced against a high-inflation environment, investors have seen interest rates sink to fresh lows and rise to lower peaks with each successive economic

Contrary Cues
February 04, 2023

In recent months weve sought to highlight the notion that investment markets are forward-looking, meaning that they tend to reflect aggregate investor views as to where global economies and the count

No Room for Cosplay in Investing
December 02, 2022

Most years see some manner of substantial decline in stocks, even as most full-year tallies turn out positive. This year has proved an exception to that tendency. Thus far, at leasttheres still abou

Changes at the Margin
November 04, 2022

Seems reasonable to expect that corporate earnings are likely to fall on account of inflation-induced weaker profitability and a slowdown in revenue growth. The growth-stall is likely to stem in part