Energy is the lifeblood of everything in the universe. We leaped out of the dark ages by harnessing the power of stored energy in the form of burning wood, then coal, and rocketed forward with the use of gasoline and other fossil fuels to power our energy needs. We simply [...]
It’s been about 15 years now since we had our last true recession. Last year nearly everyone, including yours truly, expected a recession to take hold by spring of this year. As it goes with most things with the stock market, when most people expect something, it usually does the [...]
I’m convinced pain is just ahead and that it’s exactly the medicine we need. As much as I’d like to get it over with, nice and fast like, I’m afraid what we will get and really need is a period of prolonged pain. The good old-fashioned type where you find [...]
Lenin once said, “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” I believe for today’s economy and stock market; no truer words have been spoken. This is one of the most stressful periods I have seen since I began to watch markets in 1998. There’s [...]
Bitcoin has made an absolutely remarkable run over the last decade. It may have gone up higher and faster than any other asset class, ever. It was trading under $5000 at the onset of the 2020 covid lockdowns, before running over $60,000 less than a year later. Today, I’d like [...]
The year 2021 was another challenging year with the pandemic raging on beyond what most optimistically believed with vaccines coming on the scene. Can 2022 be the year most thought 2021 was supposed to be? I can’t think of a more difficult time to predict what’s ahead with so many [...]
A transformative time is upon us in the field of genomics. No longer science fiction, the scientific breakthroughs occurring right now are truly awe-inspiring. This past weekend a significant first occurred where Intellia Therapeutics reported the first successful gene editing done inside the human body versus outside of it in [...]
In my last major update in November when Biden was unofficially confirmed the winner, I talked about the scenario of a melt-up in the equity markets on the heels of stimulus and infrastructure. Today, here we are in the midst of the melt-up and more stimulus than the eye can [...]
I believe the stock market is going to soon crash, but as Yogi Berra supposedly said, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” I have great respect for how difficult it is to predict the future of markets. Having said that, I’ve guided those listening well through some [...]
Selling a house right now is as about as easy as it will ever be. As one of our clients who is selling off a few of their long-held rentals recently said, “you could prop a tent and get a good selling price right now.” If you are considering putting [...]
