The economic fallout from the COVID-19 virus continues to grow, with more events being cancelled and businesses scaling down or altogether suspending operations on a daily basis. In the midst of such widespread consequences, many analysts and pundits have begun to talk about the big R – recession – a word that strikes fear in [...]

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 [...]

Keeping a long-term perspective is always important, but it’s essential when markets are stormy and emotions are running high.  A look at history shows that while markets react to news events in the short term, they have tended to reward patient investors over long periods of time.  Indeed, global markets have shrugged off the impact [...]

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 [...]

As you are likely aware, the market is trading lower again today on worries related to the coronavirus. And now you will see the news media running “breaking news” stories about a market correction. As I have written in the past, the market experiences downward, and often dramatic, moves lowers on a somewhat frequent basis. [...]

As you are probably aware, the market sold off on Friday and is selling off again today. As I write, the S&P 500 is down almost 1.5% for the day and is roughly 2.5% below the all-time high set last week. Worries about the coronavirus in China seem to be at the heart of the [...]

I know you just heard from me a few days ago and a new email so soon should not be interpreted with alarm. Instead, my intent is to provide some additional perspective on a December we all hope to soon forget. I continue to believe that this market downturn, which began in early October and [...]

You’ve probably heard the old saying that bull markets die in euphoria. Many investors begin to wonder whether we’ve reached a euphoric state when the market continues to make all-time highs…like now.  In 2019, the S&P 500 has already recorded more than 20 new all-time highs and today we’re trading just under the most recent [...]

As you may know, we are in the midst of another quarterly earnings season. The onslaught of news about the health of corporate America is a welcome relief to recent news cycles focused on trade/tariffs, impeachment and various indiscretions in Washington. The S&P 500 reached a new all-time high yesterday and while some may want [...]