In last weekend’s Financial Times, Tyler Brûlé wrote, “Ten years ago, Slippers the cat used to have a choice of fish or chicken out of a tin. Today Slippers (if she’s still with us) can have vegetarian mousse with salmon aroma sprayed on top. Her owners can have it delivered before they leave for work, […]
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Yep, China is Different…
Here in the U.S. about 90% of American’s have a FICO credit score but in China only about 30% of citizens do. It was initially thought that online spending would be slow to take off in China due to the lack of credit cards and a poor logistics system. Well “China is China” and companies […]
The Shale Revolution…Still Very Much Alive…
When crude prices collapsed from $100 a barrel in mid-2014 to below $30 in February last year, conventional wisdom was the Shale Revolution of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling was dead. ‘For Sale’ signs in places like Williston, North Dakota, ground zero of the Bakken oil fields, sprouted like weeds. Well, a year later the […]
Now What?…
If you’ve been following the news from South Korea, you might say that truth indeed is stranger than fiction. In fact, you really couldn’t make up this stuff if you tried. Starting last fall and culminating in the impeachment last week of former President Park Geun-Hye (pictured), there has been a series of bizarre stories […]
What to Make of Today’s Market…
President Trump’s unconventional approach to governing has many wondering what impact the new administration will have on the economy and international relations. The S&P 500 reached an all-time high on March 1st. The popular benchmark is up 20% over the past year and more than 250% since the 2009 market lows. These heady gains and […]
Walk for Wishes – Supporting Make A Wish Foundation Fundraiser
Hanson & Doremus has made a generous donation to Walk for Wishes Vermont. Walk For Wishes® is a nationwide Make-A-Wish® fundraiser that celebrates the thousands of wishes that have already been granted, while raising funds for future wishes. Participating or supporting this walk helps bring the life-changing impact of a wish to children battling life-threatening medical conditions […]
Balé Folclórico da Bahia at the Flynn Theatre
In January of 2017, Flynn Theatre in Burlington presented Balé Folclórico da Bahia in cooperation with sponsorship from Hanson & Doremus Investment Management. “With raucous energy and rich pageantry, Balé Folclórico da Bahia bring to life the colorful palate of Bahia, a region of northern Brazil influenced by myriad cultures. From Samba to Capoeira (an […]
Hanson & Doremus Supports Meals on Wheels
Hanson & Doremus is pleased to be a Silver Sponsor of the March on Wheels campaign through Age Well. Too many Vermont seniors are left behind, alone and hungry, struggling to stay independent and healthy. In 2017: ● 42,112 are living in or near poverty ● 39,866 are isolated, living alone ● 20,356 […]
The 2-Minute Thought: Millennial Risk Aversion
Japan’s risk aversion is famous: There’s the devotion to saving in accounts yielding close to zero rather than spending or investing in stocks. There are the perennial poor rankings in global surveys on entrepreneurialism. There is the fact that relatively few Japanese students choose to study abroad compared to those in other nations. Several years […]
The 2-Minute Thought: Becoming Fluent. . . in Flemish, Vietnamese, or Another Language
It’s a long journey to learn a foreign language. You go from hearing speech as a stream of unintelligible sound to eventually being able to identify distinct units of meaning. You start to use those units in your own speech, but find yourself bumping up against new limitations even as your expressive power grows. Children […]
The 2-Minute Thought: Could Japan Be East Asia’s Future Power?
George Friedman, who founded the well-known geopolitical strategy firm Stratfor and now runs a group called Geopolitical Futures, recently wrote that one of his most controversial calls is that Japan will rise as East Asia’s leading power by 2040. It certainly is a contrarian forecast. How could Japan, with massive government debt and an aging, […]
Here’s Where All The Anger Comes From…
Well, not exactly all of America’s anger but certainly some of it. The chart below shows that for those born in 1940 there was a 90% chance on average that you would end up with a higher standard of living than your parents. But for those born in 1980, the chance is down to only […]
