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2026

This year
Column Published
The market has repriced the rate path four times this year Thursday, March 12
Small-cap liquidity is thinner than the index charts suggest Thursday, March 5
Utility capex plans assume a load growth number nobody has stress-tested Tuesday, February 24
Six lines in a cash flow statement Wednesday, February 11
A heavy January calendar did what a heavy January calendar always does Thursday, January 29
What your index fund quietly became Thursday, January 15

2025

Still online
Column Published
The December ritual, and the part of it that is actually about tax Thursday, December 18
On older columns Columns older than the December piece have been retired rather than deleted. They were mostly about a rate environment that no longer exists, and leaving them up as though they were current commentary would be misleading. The about page explains the rule.

By subject

Rough tally since the column restarted
Subject Columns
Rates and fixed income3
Portfolio construction2
Reading filings1
Sector work (guests)1

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