We would all like to forget 2020 and move on.  But.  A friend sent me this text on January 8th of this year.  “I’d like to cancel my subscription to 2021.  I’ve experienced the free 7-day trial and I’m not interested.” 4th quarter was even more fun, simply different, from the first 3 quarters of.. read more →

2020 may go down as the longest year ever.  The 3rd quarter started as a break from the 1st half of the year.  July and August rolled along with the market rally following the March market drop.  But then came September.  That is where we’ll spend our time. The driving force for the US market.. read more →

One aspect of a Black Swan market is you don’t see it coming until it lands on your shoulder.  The first quarter of 2020 will be one for the financial history books.  The market dropped from all-time highs to drops not seen since the stock market crash of 1938.  Another perspective is the market dropped.. read more →

2019 came and went as did the issues which buffeted the stock market since early 2018.  The stock market dropped off a cliff in early 2018 when President Trump began to challenge China over trade policies, currency manipulation and theft of US intellectual property.  The close of 2019 saw agreement between the US and Chinese.. read more →

Congratulations!  We just survived another volatile quarter.  The S&P, the broad index of US stocks, barely eked out a positive return for the quarter.  The ups and downs were driven by the usual suspects, the FED, China trade, a short-lived inverted yield curve and efforts by the media to talk up recession and a contraction.. read more →