Article, Michael Maehl, Your Money, Your Life

An interesting couple weeks

An interesting couple weeks

Let’s see if I have this straight. On Friday 5 Dec, the S&P and the Dow had just set new all-time closing highs. Then, by Friday the 12th, both the Dow and S&P had completed their worst […]

Confusion abounds – just why are lower energy costs “bad”?

Confusion abounds – just why are lower energy costs “bad”?

Confusion abounds – why are lower energy costs “bad’? On Friday 5 Dec, the Dow was less than 9 points from 18,000. The S&P and the Dow had just set new all-time closing highs. Then, this […]

Thoughts on energy investing now

Thoughts on energy investing now

Friday, both the S&P500 and Dow each closed at new record highs. Since that was the 48th and 33rd time, respectively, that a new high has been made by each index this year, that alone wasn’t particularly […]

Shale 1 – OPEC 0

Shale 1 – OPEC 0

So, the market was just sort of tap dancing its way through this past short holiday week, setting more new record highs as we learned that the 3rd quarter GDP growth came in even better than […]

Market Thanks

Market Thanks

While I believe all of us who have been lucky enough to have been born here, or have chosen to move here to live, have even more reasons to be thankful for this year. I […]