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  • Smart or Wealthy

    Posted on Monday January 5th, 2009 at 14:52 in gold, warren buffett, commodities, emerging markets, hedge funds, treasuries, missives

  • Major Market Low Points

    Posted on Tuesday December 23rd, 2008 at 11:23 in World War II, vietnam, great depression, richard nixon, djia, missives, reconstruction finance corporation

  • The Longer You Are Right, the Smarter You Are

    Posted on Monday December 15th, 2008 at 12:56 in Interest rates, bonds, henry blodget, paul volcker, missives, nouriel roubini, meredith whitney

  • When Everybody Knows that Something is So, Nobody Knows Nothing

    Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 11:30 in missives

  • The Bombing of London

    Posted on Monday December 1st, 2008 at 13:41 in missives

    William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: The darkest days in World War Two were during the bombing of London. Air raid signals would blare and folks would go underground and wait for ...

  • SCM Missive | November 20th, 2008

    Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 11:35 in missives

    William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Jim Collins is the author of a book that I have mentioned from time to time called “Good to Great”. He has attempted to help us understand ...

  • SCM Missive | November 17th, 2008

    Posted on Monday November 17th, 2008 at 15:35 in missives

    University of Washington Football Team William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: We wish the University of Washington football team was a publicly traded stock. It has a great balance sheet ...

  • SCM Missive | November 13th, 2008

    Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 12:25 in missives

    I’m a Believer William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: What does Smead Capital Management believe and what should you believe?1. We believe that over long periods of time that great we...

  • SCM Missive | November 10th, 2008

    Posted on Monday November 10th, 2008 at 13:48 in missives

    Who is on the Cover? William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Almost two years ago, the Arizona Republic did a feature story on their cover about a talented and successful residential real es...

  • SCM Missive | November 6th, 2008

    Posted on Thursday November 6th, 2008 at 11:04 in missives

    Campaign Rhetoric William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: As we explained on Monday, this is the reverse of 1980 when Ronald Reagan got elected. The day after the 1980 election the stock mar...

  • SCM Missive | November 3rd, 2008

    Posted on Monday November 3rd, 2008 at 14:20 in missives

    No Believers William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: The day before the 1980 Presidential Election was 28 years ago today. Ronald Reagan was ahead in the polls and the stock market had risen...

  • SCM Missive | October 27th, 2008

    Posted on Monday October 27th, 2008 at 16:30 in missives

    Only the Lonely can Play William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Over the next two years all major asset classes could be re-priced as the laws of supply and demand are enforced in the m...

  • SCM Missive | October 22nd, 2008

    Posted on Wednesday October 22nd, 2008 at 11:03 in missives

    William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Many investors have been trying to strike a balance between the lousy (”gut”) feelings they have about the stock market and the advice they...

  • SCM Missive | October 17th, 2008

    Posted on Friday October 17th, 2008 at 11:55 in missives

    William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: I have been in the investment business 28 years and Warren Buffett has made a stock market prognostication only two prior times (near the bottom in 198...

  • SCM Missive | October 16th, 2008

    Posted on Thursday October 16th, 2008 at 11:48 in missives

    William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Investors are divorcing their stocks. Here is the list of reasons they seek to dissolve their relationship with America’s best companies. We are...

  • SCM Missive | October 14th, 2008

    Posted on Tuesday October 14th, 2008 at 13:40 in missives

    William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: The stock market rallied in a powerful way yesterday and is begging everyone to take a position on up or down in the near term. I’d rather help u...

  • SCM Missive | October 7th, 2008

    Posted on Tuesday October 7th, 2008 at 12:26 in missives

    From Blessed to Fail to Doomed to Succeed William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer           Dear Clients and Prospective Clients:    Today, an owner of good quality United States based common stocks is doomed to...

  • SCM Missive | October 2nd, 2008

    Posted on Thursday October 2nd, 2008 at 11:46 in missives

    The Boy Who Cried Wolf William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: You all remember the fairy tale about the boy who “cried wolf”. He constantly reported that he’d seen a wolf....

  • SCM Missive | September 15th, 2008

    Posted on Monday September 15th, 2008 at 13:59 in missives

    William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: In an 11-month stretch of 1978-79, Oil nearly tripled in price to $34 per barrel, inflation and interest rates skyrocketed and the U.S. Embassy in Iran...

  • SCM Missive | September 12th, 2008

    Posted on Tuesday September 2nd, 2008 at 17:32 in missives

    William SmeadChief Executive OfficerChief Investment Officer Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: I went to the Evergreen State Fair yesterday in Monroe, Washington. There were kids everywhere and an amazing number of babies among them. Last year, m...