Monthly Archives: July 2014

Why the Singularity Makes Me a Rational Optimist

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Ray Galkowski, CFA

The main reason that I am a rational optimist in the long run, like Matt Ridley, is that technology is expanding exponentially; it is growing at a growing rate. Kurzweil in his book, The Singularity is Near, discusses how difficult … Continue reading →

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This is the Worst Recovery in the Post WWII Era

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Ray Galkowski, CFA

I think my former Wall Street colleagues know this without the need to read a chart. I added Sufi and Mian’s blog to the economics blogroll on the right after seeing the CFA Institute’s webcast of Sufi’s presentation at a conference … Continue reading →

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The Market and the Economy Mid-Year 2014: A Top-Down View

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Ray Galkowski, CFA

I have excerpted part of PAR’s semi-annual letter that PAR sent to clients on July 7, 2014, and I have pasted it below. No one knows where the market is going to end up in the near term, but over the … Continue reading →

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