Markets Are Not True
"Markets are not true." This was the quote from the chairman of UBS, Axel Weber, in an article by Gillian Tett titled, "Investors are ill equipped for our unfathomable future",…
Accelerate Through the Curve
Ever since high school, I wanted an MG. When my daughter started driving, I found a beautiful yellow 1969 MGB GT and, like so many dads, I purchased the car…
The State of Labor
As we celebrated our three day holiday, most of us didn’t think about labor. Of course, Labor Day was created to celebrate the achievements of the American worker. With that…
Perception vs. Reality
If you had been living off the grid since January and just turned on the television, you might be led to believe we are in the middle of a roaring…
Sounding like a Broken Record
Do you remember when your favorite record had that scratch that caused your favorite song to repeat the same phrase over and over again? At this point of the year,…
Reasons for Continued Stock Market Volatility
The recent bounce in U.S. stocks has been welcomed after the tumultuous January and most of February 2016. Does this mean that we will race back to the S&P 500…
Good Read
The last two weeks can definitely be defined as volatile. The financial press attributed the volatility to China, the price of oil, and investor sentiment. A number of people are…
Recap of 2015
January 2015 started out with such high hopes for a lot of forecasters. Top forecasters projected that the S&P 500 index would end somewhere between 2100 to 2350 by December…
How Big is the Fed’s Balance Sheet?
“A billion here, a billion there and pretty soon you’re talking about real money” - Senator Everett Dirksen When the late Senator Dirksen served in the Senate, billions were the…
Why Should The Number 98 Scare You?
Why Should The Number 98 Scare You? On Tuesday February 11th the House voted to increase the debt limit. The general consensus is that the Senate will pass the measure…