Just finished a most interesting interaction with a woman from Florida - for the second time in as many days.  I’ll apologize up front for those who might be / are offended by the title of this post - but it simply fits as you’ll see reading on. 
She called yesterday from one of the larger […]

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Robert Shiller has a great op-ed up in today’s WSJ – the piece is titled “Good Financial Information Matters More Than Ever”. 
Dr. Shiller has hit upon one of the founding themes of our company - our premise is that good investors need great market information these days to place real assets in markets with the […]

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John C. Whitehead and Peter Malkin have written a touching piece today in the WSJ regarding the charitable legacy of Paul Newman.
We made a comment about Newman’s passing over the weekend, but would encourage you to read this quick tribute to this fine gentleman’s vision of philanthropy.  Many have missed this fact about Newman –
What […]

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The nation has lost a great contributor today – Paul Newman; he passed away at home surrounded by family and friends. 
What a great contributor in the arts, but an even more significant contributor through his health related charities – Hole in the Wall Camps.  Over $250 million in after tax proceeds have been donated over […]

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Commentary regarding the bailout legislation due out of Congress any day / hour / minute has people around the world prognosticating and opining around the clock.  One of the best things we’ve heard so far was spoken by asset manager Jim Welsh yesterday in reference to the bailout -
“We will be told that the Federal […]

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Admittedly most of our team are not overwhelming Warren Buffet fans, but you have to admire his ability to exercise an option as an inveterate value investor.  Yesterday several media sources reported his overture to the Constellation Energy Group, a natural gas and power company that lost half its value this week.   Here’s a link […]

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I’ve just spoken to a friend in Houston who decided to hunker down and ride this storm out at home.  He lives on the northwest side of the community on ground high enough to most likely be spared the impressive storm surge that is predicted.  He indicated that local officials are projecting that the storm […]

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We’ve received quite a few questions today regarding Dr. Mark McGlothlin, our founder and CEO, with regard to a medical issue that arose over the weekend.  He underwent a minor surgery this morning, uneventful save for some unexpected needed bone grafting, and is already threatening to be back in the office this afternoon and fishing this […]

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“People are saying the reason prices are falling are because of all of the foreclosures, but the foreclosures are happening because the prices are falling. They’ve got it backwards. The prices are falling because they’re too freakin’ high.” - Chris Thornberg, Beacon Economics, Aug 27, 2008
A handful of folks have sent this in today; Dr. […]

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Pretty slow news day as real estate news goes today.  Here’s a great cartoon that was posted over on The Big Picture by Barry Ritholtz…..

Have a great weekend – The Redfish Team
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Several of you emailed a suggestion to post a link to this video on Sunday; one of our board members has met Mr. Taleb and entertained him while at a conference.  He is one of the most sought after thinkers / authors / commentators of our day, and a very worthy read.  His commentary on […]

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Tired of looking for anything positive in the news this week?  We sure are.
Make sure and take a break, get out , and do something fun this weekend.  Some of us here in our Bozeman office are headed to Yellowstone for a bit of fly fishing, hiking, and photography over the weekend.  It’s 96 here in town this […]

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Hat Tip: The Big Picture. Bought gas yesterday and then saw this. No overt political commentary intended.

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Don’t know what it’s like around your office or home today, but we’ve run out of gas in terms of dealing with the news this week.  That said - here are a couple of somewhat interesting odds and ends from the day. 
Barry Ritholtz over at The Big Picture has posted a link to an article / […]

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