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March 13, 2020 By PCA

Market update: our outlook, what we’re doing, and reflections on past panics

March 13, 2020 Excerpted from a letter to clients written the evening of March 12, 2020. Anyone can sign up for our quarterly updates here. We'd first like to express our concern for the health of our clients, families, and friends. The situation has escalated and we know that this is …

February 5, 2020 By PCA

All time highs are nothing to fear (plus virus scares, and the importance of knowing where you stand)

February 5, 2020 After a year of sizable gains, the global stock market has dropped about 3.5% since news of the virus outbreak in China came to light.(1) We'll discuss the virus scare momentarily, but first we want to share some thoughts on another worry we had recently been hearing a …

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