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More Market Thoughts

More Market Thoughts

I wanted to add a couple thoughts to what I wrote in my market letter last week about the current market moving, in case you still had concerns. Last weekend, financial blogger Ben Carlson pointed […]

Are We Correcting?

Are We Correcting?

For 138 straight trading days, we’ve had dull and boring markets, with the S&P 500 having closed between 2,040 and 2,130 over that time. This had been one of the longest and tightest trading ranges […]

The markets and the Fed

The markets and the Fed

It’s August and the market is sideways. Given that the Fed, Congress and most traders are on vacation – together with the fact that most earnings and economic reports of note have been published – […]

Markets reflect a lack of conviction

Markets reflect a lack of conviction

With seven months of market activity now in the books, the year-to-date results appear to be the result of a lot of “what do you think with the Fed/China/Apple/biotechs/your favorite topic here?” Having marked the […]

What moves the Dow and S&P500?

What moves the Dow and S&P500?

Charlie Munger, Warren Buffet’s partner and a font of great sayings himself, has said about investing that, “It’s not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.” Based on the year-to-date results […]