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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin once said “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” I hadn’t thought a communist could ever provide a context for the capitalist stock market but old […]
Out of clutter, find simplicity. From discord, find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Albert Einstein The stock market’s dramatic decline of Monday August 24th, 2015 (with the Dow closing down 588 points […]