Brief “War” a Mere Blip in this Bull Market

After ten years, the economic expansion in the United States continues.       Unemployment remains extremely low, and the holiday shopping season showed that the American consumer is in the mood to spend. And the stock market appears to “want” to go higher. Why do we say it seems to want to go higher? Look at what…

Hindsight is 2020

Here we are at the end of another decade, one that seems to have passed   rather quickly, as trite as that may sound. Ten years ago, our Investment   Commentary noted that the period of 2000–2009 resulted in a negative rate of return for the stock market. It’s rare that you experience any period of that…

Something for Nothing

Back in the day, stock brokerage firms could charge an arm and a leg when helping you purchase or sell shares of stock. And they did. Sometimes more.

The Tweet Effect

This just in . . . Drone strikes on a Saudi Arabian oil facility over the weekend sidelined more than half of the kingdom’s output and removed about 5% of the global oil supply from the market. It is the biggest one-day oil disruption in history.

Your Mattress or Negative Interest Rates

Up until the very last day, July was so boring. So accommodating. So mundane. Watching your investment account during July was like watching your neighbor’s cousin’s nephew’s swim meet.