Non-Related Thoughts on the Fed and Oil Prices
We had a slew of new records for the market indices this past week. In addition to each having posted their second-best weekly gains of the year, the Dow and S&P500 set new individual all-time […]
Article, Did You Know, Michael Maehl
Vexed by Volatility
Though June was the first month this year to end with a loss – the S&P 500 closed down by just 1.4% – we still wound up with nicely positive results for the quarter and […]
I’m More Scared of Investing Than Dying
I’m more scared of investing than dying… If there was any doubt that it’s summer on Wall Street, it was removed by last week’s market “action.” Each of the three major market indicators closed the […]
Benny and the Feds
Last Wednesday, the minutes from the most recent meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) were released. Almost immediately after their publication, the market did a zero-g dive in the hour remaining in the […]
Half-Full or Half-Empty?
While there was little US economic news to affect the markets this past week, each of the three major US stock market indicators ended lower by about 1%. (1) Even though that overall loss is […]
