Founder, Chairman, CIO
Anton Bayer founded Up Capital Management and serves as Founder & CIO. He brings four decades of experience across every major market environment, and he authors the firm's Weekly UPdate, the original market analysis that guides how portfolios are positioned.
In 2026, as part of the firm's multigenerational succession, Anton transitioned from Chief Executive Officer to Founder & CIO, continuing to lead the firm's investment strategy while Nyle Bayer took over as CEO.
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Markets and EconomyIn sports there are the subjective analysts and then those that take a technical approach to evaluate a team’s potential. On a subjective basis, the analyst would focus on attitude, team spirit, and managers ability to c
Last Tuesday, we returned from a 10-day pilgrimage in Israel. This has been a trip my wife and I have been wanting to take for decades. Hylan Slobodin and his wife Rita, have been coordinating tours in Israel every two y
Well, it's quite an unexpected scene right now in the U.S. stock market. Things are pretty mellow, even with the looming debt-ceiling crisis. And would you believe it, we've only got a handful of days left before the U.S
Last Friday, the University of Michigan released its Consumer Sentiment bi-monthly report. The report is based on a survey conducted by Consumer Survey Center every two weeks contacting 600 households with 420 responding
Since Jerome Powell, Federal Reserve Chairman, announced early 2022 the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) rate hike campaign to slow inflation, analysts have predicted a recession in 2023. Recessions do not suddenly s
Throughout my life I have benefited from people with more experience and knowledge who have been generous to share what they have learned so my learning curve may be steeper with less setbacks due to mistakes.
The Jerome Powell and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) were in a real bind in 2020. They recognize the danger of ultra-low interest rates leading to hyperinflation. However, the coronavirus pandemic superseded ec
I trust you had a pleasant Easter weekend having time with family or friends. This weekend we had our three adult children, their spouses, and their 10 children all together for the first time in ten years. The last time
The economic reports of the past several days indicate a slowing economy that continues to grow, albeit at a slower pace. The Federal Reserve's quick response early last year with their rate hike campaign appears to have
One indicator to watch to assess the economy's health is by monitoring inventories. Business owners and sales and purchasing managers are watching their business and customer activities to forecast how much inventory the
Last week the University of Michigan released its Consumer Sentiment Index for March, which dropped for the first time in four months. This report comes before any recent news about the banking industry, and I would expe
It was an extraordinary experience for the years we lived in Cupertino, AKA Silicon Valley. During the late 1990s, neighbors were becoming millionaires and some billionaires overnight when their companies had an Initial
On Monday, the Bureau of the Census, U.S. Department of Commerce. Released its monthly U.S. Factory Orders report. New orders for U.S. manufactured goods fell 1.6% month-over-month (MoM) in January after a 1.7% rise in D
Last week the US Bureau of Economic Analysis released its Q4 2022 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) report. The economy, after two-quarters of contraction in Q1 and Q2 2022, recovered with economic growth in the remaining two
The economy roared back from the 2020 coronavirus shutdown at a pace that surprised all, including the Federal Reserve. To slow the hyperinflation caused by trillions of stimulus money chasing too few goods, the Federal
Last week the Midwest endured a weeklong ice storm. Since moving to San Antonio in 2021, we have experienced once in 100-year weather phenomenon every year. Leading into Valentine’s weekend 2021 and a month since moving
There are many benefits of being at the bottom of a market cycle vs. at the top. At the top, when economic and stock market conditions are so favorable that it starts to get scary. One cannot stop wondering when these go
Investors have been on pause since early 2022 with their new investments to determine when the Federal Reserve rate hikes will cease. More importantly, they are concerned that higher interest rates will drive the US econ
Below is a short exert from the Chapter “Strategies to Profit During Market Cycles” from my book, “Physicians Guide to Wealth” released last year:
In February 2018, Jerome Powell took office as the 16th Chairman of The Federal Reserve. He had a goal to improve the Fed's communication with the investment marketplace. Starting in January 2019, he began holding press
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