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Halfway Point Situation Report

Halfway Point Situation Report

According to the folks at Standard & Poor, it looks as if we’re ending the first half of the year up around 5% on the S&P500 Index for its sixth quarterly gain. Pretty solid result […]

On the Wings of a Snow White Dove

On the Wings of a Snow White Dove

This song title seemed to me to be a good way to define why the market rose this week. Given her hair color and pronouncements this past week as to the Fed’s planned intentions, I […]

Oil Biz

Oil Biz

After rallying 11 times in 13 days, the S&P 500 pulled back for three days in a row last week before rallying on Friday. Overall, the index was off just about one percent for the […]

Green Shoots Have Grown

Green Shoots Have Grown

The Dow Industrials and the S&P500 each set all-time highs to end the week. The European Central Bank moved to fight deflation/disinflation (your choice) by moving its overnight bank lending rate to less than zero. […]