A “melt up,” seems a lot better than a melt down, right? A melt up is a dramatic increase in stock market performance (especially late in the cycle) driven by stampeding investorsRead More…
13Jan/20
23Dec/19
And a Happy New Year!
Monday December 24, 2018 The Dow Jones Industrial Average’s worst Christmas Eve performance since 1918 saw a close of 21,792.20. U.S. stocks were on track for their worst year since 2008, duringRead More…
04Nov/19
Your Average Joe Economics: Bulls, Bears, Corrections and Crashes. Stock Market, Part 2
In Bulls, Bears, Corrections and Crashes, Part 1 we examined the differences in various market stages. Part 2 is about putting together your to do lists. The Dow Jones Industrial Averages (DJIA)Read More…
04Nov/19
The Truth from The Gipper
“The taxpayer: that’s someone who works for the federal government, but doesn’t have to take a civil service examination.” –Ronald Reagan
28Oct/19
Buy the Market. Be the Market.
“Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn’t.” – Merton Miller,Read More…
22Oct/19
Money Skills: Financial Plans are groovy, baby! Yeah!
Two truths: Without a doubt, financial plans are essential drivers of complete financial wellness, Financial planning is a good thing. Period. A strong financial plan is the product of solid client discoveryRead More…
22Oct/19
Financial Scams Win when our elderly take a Leap of Faith
So, are you just gonna take a leap of faith and hand your money over to a Financial Scammer? A recent Barron’s article, Financial Scams Targeting the Elderly Are Rising. Advisors OfferRead More…
21Oct/19
Your Average Joe Economics: Higher education? Not so much.
Inflation is running around two percent. Colleges and universities increase their tuition about 8% annually, meaning that the cost of a college education is running 4x inflation and the real cost doublesRead More…
14Oct/19
Words of a Feather
One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute. -William Feather
14Oct/19
Your Average Joe Economics: Bulls, Bears, Corrections and Crashes, Part 1
Regular investors don’t need to have an encyclopedic mastery of every syllable of The Street’s colorful financial wordplay, but knowing the most important basic terms and concepts can add to a moreRead More…