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Available for the asking at info@fortresspartners.com and available everywhere.  Fortress Partners provides a crisply written note every two months dealing with current issues in community banking, investing in community banks and other related and timely topics usually not exceeding 1,750 words in length.

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Where are the US Economy and Bank Stocks Really Going (Redux)?- February/March 2023

Where are the US Economy and Bank Stock Really Going – August/September 2022

Stop The Train Wreck – May/June 2022

Do No Harm, Mr. Cohn! – October 2020

Investor Sentiment vs. What we Know- August 2020

Independence Day- Hamilton Edition – June 2020

Banking on Acronyms – April 2020

Can community Banks Grow Organic Deposits and Loans, and Increase Earnings? – February 2020

How Digital is your Bank? Part Two – December 2019

Merry Christmas Letter – December 2019

How Digital is Your Bank?-October 2019

The Summer of Our Discontent- August 2019

The Landscape of Midwest Community Banking is Changing- June 2019

Why we exist – April 2019

Free Markets, Community Banks and Their Regulators – February 2019

Is Community Bank Financial Performance Relevant ? – December 2018

Merry Christmas Letter,  December 2018

Is Your Bank a Relevant Community Bank? – October 2018

Stop quarterly reporting & go to a six month system… – August 2018

Commercial Lending for Community Banks: Headwinds or Tailwinds? – June 2018

Single Charter Bank Holding Companies—Do They Really Perform Better? – April 2018

Succession and Emergency Planning: Timely Topics for Community Bank Boards – February 2018

A Community Bank Director’s Role In Bank M & A: Lessons Learned – December 2017

Merry Christmas Letter –  December 2017

How Regulatory Overreach Stifles Community Bank Lending and Board Governance – October 2017

Community Bank Vendor Contracts—Do Something Now Before It’s Too Late! – August 2017

Revisiting the Key Driver of Franchise Value, – June 2017

Is In-house Counsel a Solution for Some of your Bank’s Challenges? – April 2017

De Novo: Déjà Vu? – February 2017

Fortress Partners in the News

Why Wisconsin Banks are Safer then Silicon Valley Banks, 3/15/2023 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Customer Behavior Drives…., Summer 2021, Bank Owner

Bank’s Marketing Message has Bite, 11/10/2019, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

BMO Harris cutting face-to-face mortgage lenders, 09/19/2018, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Staying on Track, December 2017, Wisconsin Banker

Deal keeps associated a buyer, rather than a seller, 07/23/17, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Madison area banks ace annual ratings, 04/09/2017, Wisconsin State Journal

Nonbank competition – Who can be friends, who will remain foes?, 01/18/2017, S&P Global

Investment in Tampa Bank is about to pay of big off in a big way for local entrepreneur, real estate firm, 12/21/16, Tampa Bay Business Journal