Mark Twain once remarked, “A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain.” While there is undoubtedly some truth in Mark Twain’s analogy, we find the key to success in financing OTC businesses rests with the right […]
Are you ready for the inside scoop on how to outsmart greedy OTC financiers? Like many other entrepreneurs you went through the trouble of listing your business on the OTC markets to fund the next step of your firm’s growth. Once your business started trading, financiers began calling, offering different types of financing with cryptic […]
Since President Trump’s inauguration the S&P 500 Index has soared 17.3%. It seems the U.S president single-handedly suspended gravity. Otis Clay released “The Only Way Is Up” in 1980 and it seems Otis can’t be proven wrong. Ladies and Gentlemen, we proudly present the latest “theory” on why the only way continues to be […]
For the first four months since the election, the stock market was looking as cheery as these Miss America contestants aboard Donald Trump’s yacht in 1988. Investors were quick to conclude that the Trump presidency would lead to a meaningful reflation. It became a consensus viewpoint that huge infrastructure spending, massive tax reductions, and […]
From 1999 to 2009 the CGM Focus Fund managed by Ken Heebner produced a compounded return of 18% per annum. However, during that decade the average investor in that fund lost 11% on average. How could that possibly happen? Most investors bought the fund after periods of strong performance and sold the fund when performance […]
Due to the Trump Rally, the Dow Jones Index recently crossed the 20,000 mark for the first time. This has provoked a great deal of excitement from the talking heads on TV. Suddenly it seems everyone wants to get long the market for what is being hailed as a new era of prosperity. Even […]
Election season is finally over, and like most of you, we are breathing a sigh of relief. Trump’s win was a big upset for 50% of us, while the other 50% are already cautiously optimistic for the secession of California. The obvious question at hand is what it all means for us as […]
In this episode of Strategic Investor Radio, host Charley Wright interviews Sean Wright – no relation – of Carden Capital. Sean is the founder and a Managing Partner of Carden, which is known for its unique investment strategies applied for institutions, mutual funds, private investors, and advisors. Sean discusses Carden Capital’s “Vol Prowler” a […]
Too Much Toilet Paper – Or “The Paradox of Choice” Have you ever experienced the pain of having to make choices in the toilet paper aisle of any North American supermarket? The psychologist Barry Schwartz extensively researched the issue and came to a controversial conclusion in his 2004 book “The Paradox Of Choice – […]
It was the summer of 1992, and Carden Capital’s Sean Wright had just seen AC/DC play at the Monsters of Rock concert in Hannover, Germany. Backstage, after the concert, Sean was talking with Angus Young, the legendary guitarist for the band, whose trademark schoolboy uniform and biting guitar sound have won millions of fans […]
