Inkwell’s primary focus is on achieving satisfactory investment results for its clients. While we are busy with that, though, we want to engage you in the process by telling you our thoughts as we go about our business. We believe that the more you understand our investment philosophy and our way of thinking, the more comfortable you will be with our investment decisions.

Each quarter we write a letter to our clients which contains our reading of the current market climate and our thoughts on how best to navigate it. We also write occasional memos on topics that catch our eye or that we think might be interesting to our clients.

Below is a collection of these publications.

Non-Linear Thinking

June 1, 2017

Compound interest can be hard to wrap your head around, but understanding it is essential to successful investing.  

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From Las Vegas to Wall Street

April 1, 2017

An MIT genius first conquers black jack then goes on to master the biggest casino of them all — the stock market.  

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It Only Takes Five Minutes to Ruin Your Reputation

March 1, 2017

Chipotle Mexican Grill has recently been struggling. Can it recover and hit its stride once again?  

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Kelly or Bust

February 1, 2017

How an economics experiment uncovered the simple secret to successful long-term investing: take a constant and moderate amount of risk then let the odds work in your favor.  

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The Sins of Investing (aka A Look Back at Our First Five Years)

January 1, 2017

A look back at the mistakes Inkwell has made in its first five years.  

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It’s Always 1849 in the Stock Market

November 1, 2016

There’s always at least one hot sector of the stock market. You don’t have to follow everyone else into each new investing fad.  

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The Difference Between Available and Useful

October 1, 2016

Just because you have easy access to certain data does not mean that it will help you make good investment decisions.  

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Forecasting Is Hard

September 1, 2016

It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. That’s even more true in the stock market.  

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Shareholder Activism in the Last 100 Years

August 1, 2016

Benjamin Graham, Warren Buffett, and other legendary investors have sometimes had to actively engage with the managements of the companies they invested in, as detailed in Jeff Gramm’s recent book Dear Chairman.  

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