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2023 First Quarter Review & Commentary

FineMark

Interestingly, throughout 2021 and 2022, there were no U.S. Investment Themes In our prior letter, we reviewed investment themes including deglobalization, the end of zero-interest-rate policies, tepid economic growth, and the end of the current rate-hiking cycle. Its economic effect will also be deflationary. bank failures.

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2023 Third Quarter Review & Commentary

FineMark

Looking ahead, we believe history will regard the 2007-2021 time period as anomalous. We believe many of these counter balances are nearing an end, and the economic impacts of the Fed’s policy, which are always felt on a lagged basis, will begin to manifest on Main Street soon. Several factors are driving this move, including the U.S.

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2023 Fourth Quarter Review & Commentary

FineMark

This strong push in November and December ended the long stretch of losses that fixed-income investors have endured since 2021. Contributing to that growth were two significant happenings: America helped rebuild Europe and Japan, triggering economic benefits for our nation, and the largest generation in U.S. history was born.

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