22/02/2012

Lee Quaintance & Paul Brodsky

Select articles by Lee Quaintance and Paul Brodsky of QB Asset Management Company in New York, a macro-oriented hedge fund.

An Adult Approach – II (Defining Relative Real Value)

In this piece we seek to provide a truer sense of money, inflation and real value today, all of which seem grossly misunderstood in the marketplace.

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An Adult Approach – I (Investing in a Vulgar Age)

We argue that indebted governments have ceded power to banking systems without conscience or public accountability.

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Gold in Perspective

Any sell-off in gold futures or other derivative claims serve the physical gold buyer’s interest and the interest of investors in shares of gold miners looking to accumulate in-ground physical gold.

Plastics

Fundamentals and incentives point the way to an optimistic outcome for the majority.

[AUDIO] The Seeds of Our Destruction Were – And Still Are – Sown in the Bond Markets

Paul Brodsky thinks our credit system is so far out of control that it will cause a massive – and largely unavoidable at this point – devaluation of the US dollar (and most other fiat currencies, as well).

A Fund Manager´s Take On The Protesters on Wall Street

The kids downtown are credible and the “vocal fringe” is actually representing a disenfranchised majority that is quickly growing disenchanted with “reasonable centrism.”

Thoughts on the Fed’s Twist

The Twist in essence reduces to a bank subsidy.

Implications of the US Sovereign Debt Downgrade

We believe the downgrade of US Treasury obligations is legitimate and, in one very relevant way, insufficient.

Brace Yourself

The bad news for investors pursuing positive real returns is obvious: the first half of 2011 was painful. The good news is that a set of conditions now exist that we think sets the stage for meaningful structural change… and it may occur soon.

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