by Ross Bowler | Dec 1, 2025 | Market Commentary
Watching Investment Bubbles Deflating
Over the last couple of years, the only thing that has exceeded the magnitude of Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) potential is the Fear of Missing out (FOMO) driven frenzy to invest in AI. Evidence that the mania might be peaking came with the 09/30/25 IPO of Fermi Inc. (FRMI), a REIT start-up that is “pioneering the development of next-generation electric grids that deliver highly redundant power at gigawatt scale, required to create next-generation artificial intelligence.”
by Ross Bowler | Oct 24, 2025 | Market Commentary
Changes
Since 2018, Simon Bowler has produced the data-laden report, which we call The State of REITs, monthly (it’s published elsewhere but resides on the 2MC website for your easy access). Early in the process of gathering numbers for the October edition, he noted that the long-observed higher multiples in favor of large caps had broken, and that shares were now trading more independently of size. Looking closer, it got stranger still.
by Ross Bowler | Oct 7, 2025 | Recent Reads
Like most good cities, Madison sponsors an annual book festival. Last year’s program included fiction and non-fiction from local, national, and international authors, and my favorite event was the presentation by Nicola Twilley, author of Frostbite.
by Ross Bowler | Sep 30, 2025 | Baseline +
Supply and Demand The Law of Supply and Demand is a foundational principle of economics. As an example, consider that the supply of steel would be determined by the availability of iron (Fe) and the perceived demand for steel. The steel demand would, in part at least,...
by Ross Bowler | Sep 19, 2025 | Market Commentary
Market Commentary | September 18, 2025 Resuming the Path to Lower Interest Rates After a seemingly interminable 9-month pause, on September 17th, Jerome Powell’s Central Bank cut the Fed Funds rate by 25 basis points. As real estate is considered one of the most...
