The Fed, rates and your bonds
The S&P and Dow each set new all-time highs on Friday, with the NASDAQ closing at its highest point since March 2000, within just 4% of its all-time high set at that time. Having done […]
Article, Did You Know, Michael Maehl
Stock market trend continues positive
These past few weeks have done a fine job of reinforcing the effective impossibility of short-term market predicting. From Christmas through Groundhog Day on 2 Feb, we had a market drop of over 5%. Corrections […]
Pretty Good!
I’ve been fortunate to have been able to spend the past few weeks traveling and meeting people around the Pacific Northwest, the Rocky Mountain States and the Southwest. Watta great country! What great people! Since […]
Stay focused on the fundamentals
The European Central Bank finally announced the beginning of its version of quantitative easing last week, causing global stock markets to rise, the euro currency to fall to an eleven year low v. the US […]
Lower oil – a blessing that feels like a curse
I’d love to be able to take credit for this phrase but, no. It’s by Andrew Sheets, an analyst at Morgan Stanley. I use it because his phrase does a great job of helping to […]
