Before coming into work this morning I stopped to get gas. The price of super premium gas was a staggering $4.89 a gallon, I thought to myself I wonder if anyone is choosing to put premium gas in their car during this time of massive inflation. As I drove, I [...]
The last week has been a very interesting one for some well-known corporations. Particularly, companies with a left of center political perspective. After Disney came out in opposition to the “don’t say gay” bill a little over a month ago, this past Thursday amid growing calls by conservatives for action [...]
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 [...]
I am thinking of the pop song, How do you know if he really loves you? Whitney Houston made this a giant hit a couple of decades ago. But in this column, I am discussing how can one know if this new bull market is the real deal and will [...]
If you have friends from the 41st latitude, they will tell you there are two seasons—6 months of winter and 6 of tough sledding. That tough sledding part is what we are experiencing in financial markets in 2022. It will probably last through September. After all, this is the mid-term [...]
If you’re reading this column there is a good chance you’re hoping I have an answer to the question everyone is asking right now. What is going on! I will do my best do provide some context to recent market volatility. In the mid-2000’s, the Federal Reserve Bank (Fed) was [...]
With all of the negative excitement of 2021, I doubt if there are many of us who are too sad to begin a new year with hopes of improvement. Given the effects of illness and rise of other uncertainties, I know that most of you would not have predicted such [...]
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 [...]
Last week I discussed the problem of holding bonds during a period of rising inflation. Not only does the older rate of income paid fall short of keeping up with the cost of buying goods and services, but the value of the bonds in your portfolio falls. The worst case [...]
The stock market has been rocked this past week after Chinese property giant Evergrande announced they were on the brink of a total collapse and were likely to default on over 300 billion in debt. While this announcement has certainly impacted its shareholders and creditors, it is also having serious [...]
