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Time to Remove the Training Wheels?
When do we take the training wheels off? As an uncoordinated kid, training wheels were a great comfort while learning to ride a bike. I
Riding A Monster Wave or Treading Water?
The recent headlines in the financial press would lead one to believe that the market is in a middle of a monster wave. In fact,
Tariff Talk
“There are certain industries which cannot now successfully compete with foreign producers because of lower foreign wages and a lower cost of living abroad, and
The Ultimate Price
The financial business is a numbers business. The jargon can make your head spin. We have alpha, beta, PE, PB, PS. The list goes on and on. The numbers are
What Goes Up Must Come Down…
Blood, Sweat and Tears belted these words out in their 1969 hit “Spinning Wheel”. This year’s volatility has many investors feeling as though they’ve been
First Quarter Roller Coaster
The first quarter of 2018 was a wild ride for equity investors. January started off so promising (and unrealistic on an annual basis); however, it
Forecasting Is a Tricky Business
If you were a Johnny Carson fan you might recall his skit “Carnac the Magnificent”, in which a turbaned Johnny Carson delivered humorous predictions of
Investing with a Personal Time Horizon
Sometime in your investing life you have likely seen the ‘mountain chart’ exhibited below illustrating the price of the S&P 500 index from 1950 to
A Growing Chorus of Caution
Bloomberg has been featuring articles this week that focus on the expensiveness of the market. In a recent article titled “Goldman Warns Highest Valuations Since
Tax Cut or No Tax Cut?
The tax cut struggle isn’t just politics. Economics are at play. This graph from a recent dshort.com article illustrates the problem perfectly: In summary, on