Article, Did You Know, Michael Maehl

Was that any way to celebrate a bull’s 6th birthday?

Was that any way to celebrate a bull’s 6th birthday?

Both the Dow and the S&P500 achieved new all-time high valuations on the second of March. That same day, the NASDAQ closed above 5000 for the first time in 15 years. As an aside, having […]

Deflation?  Not so fast…

Deflation? Not so fast…

It was a pretty good month for the US markets in February. Each of the three major market indicators closed with nice monthly gains and now have positive year-to-date return numbers. Right now, with interest […]

The Fed, rates and your bonds

The Fed, rates and your bonds

The S&P and Dow each set new all-time highs on Friday, with the NASDAQ closing at its highest point since March 2000, within just 4% of its all-time high set at that time. Having done […]

Stock market trend continues positive

Stock market trend continues positive

These past few weeks have done a fine job of reinforcing the effective impossibility of short-term market predicting. From Christmas through Groundhog Day on 2 Feb, we had a market drop of over 5%. Corrections […]

Pretty Good!

Pretty Good!

I’ve been fortunate to have been able to spend the past few weeks traveling and meeting people around the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountain States and the Southwest. Watta great country! What great people! Since […]