The Failure of Price Controls

Last week was a cringeworthy week for me as talk of something akin to “price controls” surfaced on the campaign trail.  Pulling from memory now, …...

The Failure of Price Controls

Last week was a cringeworthy week for me as talk of something akin to “price controls” surfaced on the campaign trail.  Pulling from memory now, …...

 Market up or down

The question on every investor’s mind: Is the January stock market rout over?  A difficult question to answer, there are a variety of reasons for …...

Since the news hit the wires that Silicon Valley Bank shuttered its doors

Since the news hit the wires that Silicon Valley Bank shuttered its doors, people have been filling my inbox with questions about what it means …...

A Biden Market Scenario

What will a Biden market look like and how might it be different had Trump been reelected? There would likely be similarities and differences no …...

A Breaking Economy

The basic premise of Capitalism is a transaction between individuals where two parties buy, sell or swap goods or services at a price that is …...

A gift from the US government

With the stock market in free fall, and most bonds (IOU’s from businesses and government entities) following suit, investors are looking for alternatives.  Cash is …...

A Major Market Shift May Be Soon Upon Us

“Buy the rumor, sell the news” is an old adage on Wall Street. It refers to investor tendencies to buy a company’s stock on a …...

A market Redux in 2023

With the New Year comes new hopes for the economy and the stock market.  2022 no doubt was a year that many investors would like …...

A Market Update

The market continues to creep ever higher with the Dow breaching the 35,000 mark on June 29th only to back off into the 34,000’s shortly …...

A place to hide

Although stocks and bonds have tendency to move opposite of each other, often when stocks continually slide for days or weeks on end, bonds can …...

A problem of their own making

The Feds have the trouble of their own making I often scratch my head when it comes to the movements of the Federal Reserve (FED). …...