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QUARTERLY Commentaries

Our commentaries are published online on a quarterly basis.  In them, we discuss the results of the prior quarter, share our perspective on the state of the financial markets and our thoughts on investing.

Beyond that, we also regularly publish wealth insights and educational content, from financial planning milestones to generational wealth, as well as our thoughts on the macroeconomy and our personal interests.

QUARTERLY Commentaries: Spring 2026

31 march 2026

“Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes, turn and face the strange.” - David Bowie

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: Winter 2025

31 December 2025

“I’ve had a lot of worries in life, most of which never happened.” — Mark Twain

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: FALL 2025

30 September 2025

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…” — Charles Dickens

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: SUMMER 2025

30 June 2025

“Patience is not passive; on the contrary, it is concentrated strength.” – Bruce Lee

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: spring 2025

9 april 2025

“Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” – John Quincy Adams

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: WINTER 2024

13 january 2025

“Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is an absurd one." — Voltaire

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: Autumn 2024

10 October 2024

“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future."" — Yogi Berra

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: Summer 2024

10 July 2024

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." — Henry David Thoreau

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: Spring 2024

11 April 2024

“You are the sum total of your choices.” — Seneca

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: Winter 2023

16 January 2024

“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” — Phil Jackson

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Spears
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: AUTUMN 2023

6 OCTOBER 2023

“Acceptance doesn’t mean resignation: it means understanding that something is what it is and that there’s got to be a way through it.” — Michael J. Fox

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: SUMMER 2023

11 JULY 2023

“The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.” — Albert Einstein

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: Spring 2023

6 april 2023

“Market volatility is like a pendulum that swings between fear and greed, and it’s up to investors to maintain their balance.” — Sir John Templeton

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: WINTER 2022

11 JANUARY 2023

“To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at the anchor.” — Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: AUTUMN 2022

6 OCTOBER 2022

“Chaos is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.” — Buddha

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: Summer 2022

5 july 2022

“The stock market is a giant distraction from the business of investing.” — John C. Bogle.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: SPRING 2022

8 aPRIL 2022

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark” — Michelangelo.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: WINTER 2021

10 JANUARY 2022

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.” — Seneca.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: AUTUMN 2021

7 OCTOBER 2021

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” — William Shakespeare.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: SUMMER 2021

2 JULY 2021

“There is nothing permanent except change.” — Heraclitus of Ephesus.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: SPRING 2021

9 April 2021

FOMO, the fear of missing out.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: WINTER 2020

6 JANUARY 2021

“Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forwards.” — Søren Kierkegaard

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: AUTUMN 2020

6 OCTOBER 2020

May you live in interesting times.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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Quarterly Commentary: Spears Abacus
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: SUMMER 2020

8 JULY 2020

The world is not average.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: SPRING 2020

3 APRIL 2020

A light at the end of the tunnel.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: WINTER 2019

10 JANUARY 2020

“I’ve had a lot of worries in my life, most of which never happened.” — Mark Twain

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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QUARTERLY Commentaries: AUTUMN 2019

4 OCTOBER 2019

Poetry in investing.

Quarterly Commentary: Cannell & Co.
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