Desk of Dr. Perritt
Give Me Illiquidity
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A Tale of Four Decades
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The January Barometer
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A Three Leg Stool
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Follow The Leader
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The Worst Decade
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It Is Different This Time
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1970s Deja Vu
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What A Quarter
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2008: A Year For The History Books
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What In The World Is Going on Here?
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Bear Market Snapshot
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From the Desk of Dr. Gerald Perritt
Founder and Portfolio Manager Dr. Gerald W. Perritt's commentaries also appear in our Annual and Semi-Annual reports to shareholders. Commentaries include remarks on the stock market as a whole, as well as the world of small cap investing.
Great Depression II? - October 31, 2008 Click here for PDF
Lessons From History - April 30, 2008 Click here for PDF
Who Needs MicroCaps? - January 15, 2008 Click here for PDF
Climbing the Wall of Worry - April 30, 2007 Click here for PDF
Bubbles Then and Now - October 31, 2006 Click here for PDF
The Legacy of Enron - April 30, 2006 Click here for PDF
Archives
The "Small Firm Effect," Alive and Well - October 31, 2005 Click here for PDF
MicroCap Benchmarks - October 31, 2004 Click here for PDF
Why We Value "Value" - April 30, 2004 Click here for PDF
A Few Bad Apples Have Not Spoiled the Barrel - October 31, 2003 Click here for PDF
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