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  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • November 7, 2012
  • Chuck Osborne

Now What?

My guess is that there is only one positive outcome all Americans can agree on as a result of last night’s election: no more political ads…until the next time anyway. Now that all the theatrics are over it is time to get back to reality. I was surprised last night not to hear any exit…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • October 10, 2012
  • Chuck Osborne

Figures Lie and Liars Figure

What should we think about last week’s jobs report? As I am sure most of you have heard by now the official unemployment rate is finally below 8 percent at 7.8 percent, according to the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics. Since the release of the report the talking heads on CNBC have become…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • September 17, 2012
  • Chuck Osborne

“We’ll Never Do That Again.”

“Our destiny is frequently met in the very paths we take to avoid it.” – Jean de la Fontaine We are all products of our experiences. Sometimes in life we, or someone around us, make a mistake whose consequences are so painful we promise we will “never do that again.” Too often in those circumstances…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • August 31, 2012
  • Chuck Osborne

The Price of Everything But The Value of Nothing

Oscar Wilde famously described a cynic as a man who “knows the price of everything but the value of nothing.” If he was right, Wall Street must be full of cynics. There really has been little news on the investment front of late. The Europeans have been on holiday – which, I must admit, is…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • July 27, 2012
  • Chuck Osborne

Missing The Point

I first realized that I think differently than most people when I was a senior in high school. I was in Political Science class with Dr. Davies – one of those exceptional teachers that really made a difference in a lot of kids’ lives, including mine. Dr. Davies had asked the class to research the…