…is pretty recent in my book (I remember it for one thing). When you make the apples-to-apples comparison, guess what? The DJIA beats the S&P 500 by 0.76 percent per…
…below shows the non-farm payrolls (in blue) and the unemployment rate (in orange) for the past 10-years. The Fed now has more ammunition to raise rates in December and Fed…
…yield is volatile). Based on current market expectations, I’ll answer between 3.01 and 4.00 percent. It’s interesting because these are simple, fundamental questions: where are stocks headed, what sectors will…
…normal range – nothing like where things were in 2008. The Volatility Index, or VIX, is at 23.45 this morning, compared to 80 in 2008. (Here’s an article from last…
…from the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. I’ve never attended myself, but I’ve read the book and watched the documentary (a trailer can be seen here). Before Airbnb, it was…
“Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.” -Warren Buffet How can investors know the value of an investment? Bond yields remain very low and stocks continue to…
…bucket strategy makes sense for some people. But, like most things that we do, there’s no ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach. And since the bucket strategy is mostly psychological, we think we’re dealing…
On February 5th, Jerome ‘Jay’ Powell was sworn in as the 16th Chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Janet Yellen, who served one term starting in 2014. Powell’s first day…
…ever. Here’s the clip, which, not surprisingly, includes profanity. Like American Pyscho, this next movie isn’t great, but it does include an important scene that really describes bond trading from…
…2008 financial crisis, and we’re seeing it again now (big time). Heading into the 2008 crisis, the Fed had about $900 billion dollars on it’s balance sheet. That’s a lot,…
