Did the past year prove as fat and happy as people expected? Last year, for the third year in a row, my industry colleagues expected the prospect of more income, better deal flow and higher confidence in themselves, their peers, and industry. We heard over the top...
Semaphore’s Annual Confidence Survey Last year hundreds of you told us you hated Congress, thought the President was a failure and expected to make more cash than ever despite the denizens of Washington DC. Feeling more confident or less confident in the...
Why our feet are not stuck in the mud. I truly thought we might be skipping this 7th annual post – or have to retitle it “Feet Stuck in Mud”. The cycle of summer seems to start only after the kids leave school and then return. My wife Tricia used to say “summer starts...
“Remember in March/April of 2020 we thought every fund portfolio would crash? The joke is on others not smart enough to be in our biz – not even a global pandemic can kill us.” That was the first comment entered in the 14th Annual Semaphore Confidence Survey. It...
Discover the latest insights from Semaphore’s 2024 Confidence Survey “I’ve got to admit it; it‘s getting better, a little better all the time (can’t get much worse).” With apologies to the Beatles that their music could belie our industry, this lyric...
