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As we head toward the July 4th holiday, the news media continues to blare out a mixed bag of headlines. One day viral infections are surging and the market is plunging; the next day, things are perhaps getting better and the market is surging. The news media is always looking for a story to support [...]
As you have probably heard by now, the jobs report for May came in much better than expected. Analysts were expecting a LOSS of more than 8 million jobs and an INCREASE in the unemployment number to something close to 20%. The actual report instead showed an INCREASE of 2.5 million jobs and a DECREASE [...]
A comment I hear from clients, friends, and others on a fairly consistent basis relates to a disconnect between the market’s performance over the past month or so and their perception of where we are in our journey through this viral pandemic. I often hear questions like: Why is the market up so much if [...]
An article that appears in Capital at Play – May 2020 issue. Click below to read the article. https://www.capitalatplay.com/the-most-powerful-force-in-the-universe/
If you happened across a news show or website today, you likely saw breaking news about oil prices crashing. Here are a few that I saw today: Oil crashes….price goes negative (CNN) Oil prices plummet (New York Times) Oil drops below $0, signaling an extreme collapse in demand (Washington Post) Barrel prices plunge to below zero as coronavirus [...]
Yesterday marked the beginning of earnings season for the January/March 2020 quarter. Such backward-looking data does not tell us much about what is happening now or what may happen in the coming months, but we can glean bits of information about the health of corporate America. Below are several bullet points – things you can [...]
While the market continues its unsettled and very unsettling behavior, other developments from Federal and State governments are springing into action to help the current situation. Below is some information I received from our CPA this morning. It is good news. Please confirm this information with your CPA, especially since various states are likely to [...]
You may remember prior posts when I talked about corrections being a process and part of that process is finding a bottom. We look for signals that suggest we are at or near the bottom. Here are three that offer some encouragement. The market tends to find bottoms that align with previous market bottoms. Areas [...]
The markets continue to ping-pong – up 1,000 / down 1,000 – rattling the nerves of investors and bystanders alike. Each day is a mirror of the previous. Everyone seems to be trying to handicap the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy. Throw in a price war over crude oil (usually a positive [...]
The markets are trading sharply lower this morning and undoubtedly you have heard the news media screaming about plunging oil prices and an expanding numbers of cases of coronavirus and quarantines. It can all be quite unsettling for sure, but know we are monitoring the situation very closely and will get in touch if we [...]
