Advice To Ignore, Article, Michael Maehl

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 […]

Here comes the Fed!

Here comes the Fed!

It may seem like forever ago, but, in fact, it was less than two months ago, the WSJ (Wall Street Journal) wrote, “It’s Official: This Is the Most Boring Stock Market in Decades.” And it […]

Markets are ALWAYS uncertain

Markets are ALWAYS uncertain

Emotions drive markets. The big two, as it were, are fear and greed – with hope right along with them. Emotions also, and almost always, trump investor logic, or what passes for it, which is […]