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  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • March 15, 2011
  • Chuck Osborne

Japan, Natural Disasters and the Stock Market

First and foremost let me say that our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Japan who continue to suffer in this awful tragedy. I know I have shared this story with many of you before, but any time my job forces me to focus on what is often the cold, hard reality of…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • January 28, 2011
  • Chuck Osborne

An Evening of Insights from Bob Doll & Brian Singer

This may come as a surprise to some of our clients, but Iron Capital does not have a monopoly on economic or market insight (wink, wink). There are a lot of very smart people in our industry, and Wednesday night we had the honor of hearing from two of them. So I thought we would…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • January 18, 2011
  • Chuck Osborne

Neither Rain, nor Snow, nor Sleet…My Foot!

Originally I cited another piece of my anatomy, but this is a family newsletter. The bizarre weather week we had in Atlanta has finally come to an end, and everything is back to normal. The streets are clear, mail is running, and even the Falcons resumed normalcy and will be watching the remainder of the…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • January 11, 2011

Winter Storm Update and Firm Working Conditions

Clients and friends, The Blizzard of 2011 has wreaked havoc on the city of Atlanta, particularly with ice-covered streets. Schools and business are closed again today with Georgia under a state of emergency, and most of the Iron Capital staff is unable to get into our office safely. Fortunately all personnel are fully capable of…


  • Iron Capital Perspectives
  • December 31, 2010
  • Chuck Osborne

2010: The Year in Review

What a long, strange trip it’s been.  We began 2010 by telling our clients that the market, as defined by the S&P 500, would end the year up 12%.  We ended up being a little conservative, but half way through the year when we were sticking to our prediction, we probably sounded a little crazy….