CrossingBridge Insights

CrossingBridge Insights is our opportunity to share our thoughts on interesting trends and data points through our Quarterly Commentaries, Market Observations, recent news, and random musings. We hope you enjoy and we welcome your feedback.


Q1 2022 Commentary - Locomotive Breath

The song Locomotive Breath portrays a loss of control resulting from extreme, unanticipated events and the need to make the best of it as we go forward, which could describe today’s geopolitical and economic backdrop. In our 2021 year-end letter, we...

Apr 18, 2022

Q4 2021 Commentary - Think Positive, but Test Negative

Government intervention often results in unintended consequences. Thomas Hoenig, former president of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank, in his just-published book, The Lords of Easy Money: How the Federal Reserve Broke the American Economy,...

Jan 18, 2022

Q3 2021 Commentary - A Change Is Gonna Come

Throughout history, pandemics have created structural changes: the fall of empires, the rise of Christianity, the collapse of economic systems, peace agreements among nations and societal introspection A Change is Gonna Come1 Throughout history,...

Oct 29, 2021

Q2 2021 Commentary - Jubliee

In response to the onset of the COVID crisis in late March 2020, Congress passed the CARES Act, which directed cash payments to nearly 80% of American households, providing temporary peace of mind for those with limited savings and living paycheck...

Jul 22, 2021

Q1 2021 Commentary - Rubber Ducky: Ode to Sesame Street

The U.S. government’s aggressive stimulus in response to the COVID-19 crisis, while necessary, has been like drawing a bubble bath for the financial markets. The $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan and an anticipated $2.0 trillion infrastructure...

Apr 19, 2021

Q4 2020 Commentary - Perception is Reality

Perception of a post-COVID economic rebound and 2021 optimism became a financial market reality in 2020, with robust bullishness across most asset classes from stocks to bonds to bitcoin. This is a classic illustration of “reflexivity” in which a...

Jan 22, 2021

Q3 2020 Commentary - The Iceberg Phenomenon

Scientifically, 10% of an iceberg is visible while 90% of its volume is unseen, below the water’s surface. In the U.S. equity and fixed income markets, the dramatic rebound from the March trough brought this to mind as there is a lot more going on...

Oct 30, 2020

Q2 2020 Commentary - Pass Interference

Through an ongoing series of rule changes related to illegal contact, primarily intended to protect players, the NFL has also made the game more exciting. As a result of more stringent pass interference regulations, the game has tilted in favor of...

Aug 05, 2020

Q1 2020 Commentary - Going Viral

The economy was essentially “switched off” in unprecedented fashion. A significant portion of small and large businesses has been virtually closed with their revenues reduced to practically nothing. With the country locked down under “shelter in...

Apr 28, 2020

Q4 2019 Commentary - Active Patience

General consensus indicates “clear skies ahead” for 2020. Nonetheless, the Leading Economic Indicators (“LEIs”) are decidedly mixed. In this environment, we are certain that selective opportunities will arise as we pursue active patience.

Feb 03, 2020