Postcards: Republic-ly Speaking on Earnings Week, Student Debt, and the UTZ Kettle Classic Crab Chip

We warned everyone at the end of December that it was time to hedge - and we're now explicitly seeing a double top in the S&P 500. Plus... no more debt means far more Utz Crab Chips for ol' Garrett

Dear Fellow Expat:

I couldn’t find my shoes this morning.

My daughter ran around this Stevenson, Maryland, guest house, trying to locate them.

When she couldn’t… I did what any normal father should do.

I blamed someone else.

I narrated a tale about the so-called “Stevenson Shoe Thief” – a mythical creature that sneaks into homes and takes shoes from unsuspecting, out-of-town visitors.

Sure. I soon found the shoes directly under my chair, but who’s counting?

You want to keep children on their toes.

An hour later, my daughter tripped over my shoes (now moved a few feet from the table) and collapsed to the floor. “How’d those get there?” she asked.

I blamed the “Stevenson Shoe Thief” for placing them in her path.

She soon moved the shoes to the wall while having lunch.

She’s been checking back every few minutes to see if the “SST” struck again.

We’ll be tracking the Stevenson Shoe Thief’s whereabouts all week and critical events in the stock market.

But first… a note about “accountability.”

So Long St…