Markets Recovering, Again
The US S&P 500 peaked on July 26 for a YTD return of 20.7%. Since then it has shuttered slowly, shedding nearly 20% of the gain after constant drumming by the media’s claims of an imminent recession, threats of tariff […]
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All Good At Home
On Wednesday, July 31, the Federal Reserve lowered the discount rate charged to financial institutions by 25 basis points (0.25%) making this the first rate cut in eighteen months. On Thursday, President Trump announced the intent to impose a 10% […]
Sober October
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, otherwise known as Mark Twain, is one of America’s greatest storytellers with novels such as The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. We all know that. However, what most people don’t know about Mark Twain is that he had […]
Is THIS the Top?
The market is making headlines again, and as usual, they are being hijacked by what I like to call Perma-Bears. A Perma-Bear is an abbreviation for one with a permanent bear market perspective. They can take any headline and turn […]
What Baseball Can Teach Us About Investing
Managing investments is a pairing of both art and science. The science part is collected through factual data provided by earnings reports and numerous economic indicators. The art portion is interpreting the data and formulating an investment strategy for each […]
What’s Before the “One Thing”?
On May 8th, we wrote that the “One Thing” that fuels the economy is jobs. Before the One Thing is corporate profits. A stable job market and sustainable economic growth are first dependent on profitable employers. Every CEO has experienced […]
How You Feelin’?
What you and I spend each day on items like gasoline or a loaf of bread represents almost all the business commerce in America. Analysts project that 66% of the US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the result of the […]
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