Category: Missives

Bill’s Ark

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Subscribe to the Missives Podcast Click here to listen to this Missive Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Found in the old testament book of Genesis in chapter 6 is the story of Noah and the flood. God

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What If

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Subscribe to the Missives Podcast Click here to listen to this Missive Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: As the first four weeks of a powerful upswing in the stock market unfolds, we thought we would use a

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Generational Transfer

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Subscribe to the Missives Podcast Click here to listen to this Missive Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Baby Boomer’s kids are coming of age. While boomers are enjoying 50th and 60th birthday party celebrations in abundance, their

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Freshmen in College

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Subscribe to the Missives Podcast Click here to listen to this Missive Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Everyone who goes to college wants to earn a bachelors degree. Many young people show up at college as freshmen

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The Silence is Deafening

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer Subscribe to the Missives Podcast Click here to listen to this Missive Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Reverse psychology is a terrific tool for those of us who fear success. I was a college golfer at little

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2+2=4

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer       Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: I’m fond of saying that the Math you need to succeed in business is learned by the end of 7th grade. If you can do percentages and simple algebraic

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Gone Mad

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer       Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: In his book, Day by Day, Reverend Billy Graham wrote the following: “Columbus was called mad because he decided to sail the uncharted ocean….Martin Luther was called mad because

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Noise

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer     Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: Sometimes you can’t hear because of all the noise and we at Smead Capital Management believe that this is one of those times. Let me share some interesting facts getting

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Sixth Sense

William Smead Chief Executive Officer Chief Investment Officer     Dear Clients and Prospective Clients: In the movie, “Sixth Sense”, the little boy could see dead people. Unbeknownst to the movie viewers, the dead people included the character played by Bruce Willis who was counseling him.

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