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Broadleaf Partners Recognized As Top Money Manager

Broadleaf Partners was recently recognized by Lipper Marketplace as a Top  Money Manager in the U.S. Large-cap Growth Equity category for the three years ending 3/30/2012. To view the top 40 rankings, please click the link below. Lipper Top 40 Money Managers – 3/30/12 For more information about the Broadleaf Growth Equity Portfolio, please contact Bill [...]

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Plain Vanilla

Last Thursday evening, JP Morgan announced it lost at least $2 billion on trades related to “egregious” errors on its “synthetic” investments.  The complex products that were meant to protect the bank instead blew up in their face.  Perhaps if JP Morgan stuck to the business of making better loans, it wouldn’t be so enamored [...]

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Quirky Tales and Waves of Change

Four years ago oil prices approached $150 per barrel.  Analysts at Goldman Sachs got all in a lather, with one making the prediction that it would soon hit $200.  Peak oil theory became a hot topic in the American press and our dependence on foreign oil both a national security interest and a polarizing issue [...]

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First Quarter 2012 Performance Commentary

The stock market surged once again in the first quarter, gaining nearly 13%.  Including the fourth quarter’s 12% gain, the S&P 500 has now increased 26% in the last six months, a blistering pace which has many wondering how long it can continue. For details on our firm’s performance results, our investment outlook, and related [...]

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Squawk On The Street – Investing in Dividend Stocks 3.29.12

We were on CNBC this morning to discuss investing in dividend stocks. If the video above doesn’t work, click here.

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Doug MacKay to appear on CNBC Thursday, March 29th at 10:35am

Please tune in to watch Broadleaf Partners’ Chief Investment Officer, Doug MacKay, on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street this Thursday, March 29th, at 10:35am. For those of you unable to catch it live, a video will be posted on the website when it becomes available.

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Waiting for Eighty

A few times in each generation, a transformative company is born, one which not only revolutionizes industry as it has been done in the past, but often creates significant new wealth for its forward looking owners.   Microsoft, Intel and Cisco Systems (known collectively by the moniker WinTelCo) are three examples that introduced computing and networking [...]

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Tooth Fairy Economics

Johnny lost a tooth last night.  Unfortunately, the Tooth Fairy got carried away line dancing at the Thirsty Cowboy in Medina, Ohio too long to find out about it in time.  Country band Coalie’s Run must have been putting on an excellent show but, hopefully, the Tooth Fairy will be back in business tonight. Speaking of which, [...]

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Broadleaf Partners Recognized For Outstanding Performance

Broadleaf Partners was recently recognized by Lipper Marketplace as a Top  Money Manager in the U.S. Large-cap Growth Equity category for the three years ending 12/31/2011. We believe this is a testament to the strength and reliability of our process. To view the top 40 rankings, please click the link below. Lipper Top 40 Money [...]

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American Creativity

It was a rip roaring January for the stock market.  While the pace cooled a bit towards the end of the month, the surge made it among the best Januarys in post war history and the best January since 1997.  After surging nearly 12% in the fourth quarter, last month brought additional gains of nearly [...]

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