Father Eric Sternberg, a member of University of Wisconsin-Madison Council 6568, had envisioned organizing a Eucharistic procession with university students through the state’s capital since becoming pastor of St. Paul’s Catholic Student Center in 2023. “Why not have a public ma...

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JUNE 2025 MARKET INSIGHTS By: DOUGLAS A. RILEY, CFA, PORTFOLIO MANAGER Someone recently joked to me that the BBB or “Triple-B”, short for Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” was a forecast for the US’ sovereign credit rating. While that may be extreme, it...

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MAY 2025 MARKET INSIGHTS By: DOUGLAS A. RILEY, CFA, PORTFOLIO MANAGER President Trump’s April 2nd “Liberation Day” tariff announcements certainly liberated financial market volatility. The Bloomberg 500 Index returned -0.45% in April, but that modest decline bel...

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On Sept. 1, 1919, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, supreme commander of the Allied Forces, extended his hand in farewell to Gen. John J. Pershing as they stood aboard the USS Leviathan — a former German passenger liner turned U.S. battleship — in the harbor of Brest, France. Collabor...

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APRIL 2025 MARKET INSIGHTS By: ANTHONY MINOPOLI, PRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER The first quarter of 2025 is in the books. A combination of business travel and waiting on Trump tariff talk to sit down and pen this month’s essay. The Bloomberg 1000 returned -5.87% for t...

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The Knights of Columbus recently donated a state-of-the-art mobile broadcasting unit to the Vatican’s Dicastery for Communication, unveiling the vehicle in Rome just days before Pope Francis inaugurated the Jubilee Year 2025. The new broadcasting van was blessed by Cardinal Marcello Semerar...

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MARCH 2025 MARKET INSIGHTS By: ANTHONY MINOPOLI, PRESIDENT & CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER After emerging from 2024, all eyes were on President Trump and the changes he would seek to make in his second, though disjointed, term. It is not an understatement to say that he hit the ground ...

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Engulfed in flames five years ago, the newly restored cathedral of Paris rekindles religious fervor in France The iconic Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral officially reopened its doors to the public following a ceremony on the evening of Dec. 7, 2024, the eve of the feast of the Immaculate Conception...

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