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Using 20th century data to guide 21st century investing

Using 20th century data to guide 21st century investing

Deutsche Bank group chief economist David Folkerts-Landau reported that the S&P 500’s current correction-and-recovery episode, compared to the historical average, has the S&P tracking its average gains following prior 10%+ corrections. The markets are not […]

Riding the market cycles

Riding the market cycles

It’s been a bit of a bumpy ride for the markets lately with fear, uncertainty and doubt having run rampant since mid-August when the current correction began. The talking heads of Wall Street aren’t helping […]

Investing by headline can be dangerous to your bank account

Investing by headline can be dangerous to your bank account

The story du jour in this past week’s financial news was that the market’s third quarter, which ended Wednesday, was “the worst in four years!” What the media spinners left unsaid was that, included within […]

Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy

Everything’s amazing and nobody’s happy

I have no market insights for you this week mainly because there’s not much to be insightful about. Little has changed, with the markets of late having been all over the place with the uncertainty. […]

The Fed says… stay tuned

The Fed says… stay tuned

All the commentary after the Fed’s rate announcement last Thursday reminded me of the immortal words of former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan: “I know you think you understand what you thought I said, but I’m […]