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Category Archives: The Fed

January 1, 2024

“Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to.” —Bill Vaughan (a little levity but so true!)   We all hope you enjoyed a wonderful Christmas and Holiday Season. Today is the first day of the New Year. Last week, the markets finished a […]

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November 20, 2023

“We must find the time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” John F. Kennedy   As we start Thanksgiving week, I thought it would be appropriate to remind all of the many blessings God Almighty has given all of us, we are most appreciative of the faith and […]

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How is the middle class doing?

August 28, 2023 “The market can move for irrational reasons; you have to be prepared for that.” Bill Gross The bond king. After last week’s whipsaw market this quote seemed appropriate. The S&P 500 jumped all over the place, finishing the week at +.53% up, breaking a 3-week slip, the Dow Jones industrial average followed […]

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The Start of August….

August 7, 2023   “Bull Markets are born on pessimism, grow on skepticism, mature on optimism, and die on euphoria.” Sir John Templeton   Last week seemed to bear out all the elements of this quote, starting on a continuing run, with a quick reversal, then recovery, followed by ending the week down and having […]

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Is Time Our Friend?

“Time is your Friend, impulse your enemy.” John C. Bogle Founder, Vanguard Funds The market continued its upward momentum last week with the S&P 500 advancing slightly, up 0.61%, the Dow Jones Industrial average gained 2.11%, but the Nasdaq cooled down 0.40%. The market leader was the FTSE 100 up 3.08%, but the broad foreign […]

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Bull Speed Ahead!

Weekly Market Commentary   “Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead!” Admiral David Glasgow Farragut Well, it seems the Bulls are on board with the admiral, but first the numbers. Last week closed another good week for all of the major markets, the S&P 500 added +2.4%, The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up +2.3%, Nasdaq […]

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Weren’t we just talking about…

Value investing, the way I define it, is finding a good business run by smart people, at a reasonably good price relative to its values today and five or more years from now. Mario Gabelli   It seems just last week we were talking about the markets moving to the highest level since last October. […]

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The Fed gives us much to think about…

“Time is your friend, impulse your enemy.” John C. Bogle Vanguard founder Happy belated Father’s Day and I guess, happy Juneteenth? Well last week the Federal Reserve gave investors much to think about, while the Fed left rates the same they gave a hawkish projection of one or two possible rate hikes. This led to […]

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A Historic Week…

Well last week proved historic and very interesting or aggravating depending on your political opinions. On thing is for sure: there will be plenty of distractions with both sides of the political spectrum displaying their appetite for criminal investigations. Welcome to “Politics Latin American style.” First, the numbers. Last week all the major averages inched […]

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The drama in Washington

“Stocks do well for a reason and do poorly for a reason. Make sure you know the reasons.” -Peter Lynch Last week, all the major averages advanced, with the S&P 500 adding 1.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased 2.0%, and Nasdaq continued its bull run adding 2.0%.  In the foreign markets, a mixed bag […]

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