Counting Backwards
During my annual physical, my physician has me count backwards by sevens to test my cognitive skills. Being in my early fifties I think this might be overkill, but the…
Gym Class and PE Ratios
Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic. – Benjamin Graham When I was a senior in high school, my counselor informed me that I would not be able to graduate due…
27 and You
Many of you are probably familiar with the DNA and ancestry service 23andMe. Not only can the service tell you the ancestry of your forefathers, the company can also tell…
Elections and the Market
Regardless of your politics, I believe we would all agree this year’s election was historical and unprecedented. In addition, the results point to our divided electorate with the country split…
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…
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…
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…