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March 4, 2024

“Focus on value because most investors focus on outlooks and trends.” Sir John Templeton. With the name of the game to grow and preserve wealth in these unusual times, I will continue to preach value. Especially because most of my clients are retirees or pre-retirees. Here are the numbers last week. The S& P 500 […]

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February 26, 2024

“If life gives you limes, make margaritas.” Jimmy Buffett As I am out of town last week, I thought I would quote a different Buffett. Here are the numbers: The S&P 500 finished the week up 1.7% (5,088.88), the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1.3% (39,131.53), the Nasdaq brought up the rear but still positive […]

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February 19, 2024

“These are the times that try men’s souls” Thomas Paine (the author of Common Sense (is there any these days?) Happy Presidents Day! What a week, Mayorkas impeached, Trump loses his New York predetermined bench trial, and his company is ordered to pay $355 million for a victimless crime, Fani Willis Georgia RICO case has […]

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February 12, 2024

“The winner of the Superbowl will predict how the stock market will perform in the coming year” Leonard Koppett NY Times Sportswriter 1978 Up until 1978 if the NFC won, a good year for the market, the AFC wins a poor market year. Well up until 1978 it was 100% correct and up to and […]

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January 29, 2024

“Far more money has been lost by investors trying to anticipate corrections, than lost in the corrections themselves.”   Peter Lynch   With that said, here are the numbers from last week: The S&P 500 rose .77%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average added .50%, the Nasdaq was up .40%. Internationally, in the UK, the FTSE […]

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January 15, 2024

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin. Today we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, I would like to quote my favorite message, a message that many have forgotten or overlooked in this heated political environment. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where […]

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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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December 11, 2023

“The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.” Warren Buffett   Short and sweet, Stocks rallied on Friday following moderately strong, jobs data. The major indexes each rose putting them all in positive territory for the week — their sixth straight weekly gain. The S&P finished up .88%, the Dow Jones Industrial […]

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December 4, 2023

“A great business at a fair price is superior to a fair business at a great price” Charlie Munger Vice Chairman Berkshire Hathaway As we closed out a great month, I thought it was appropriate that I quote the great Charlie Munger who passed away last week. The bulls continued to run as the market […]

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November 27, 2023

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” Warren Buffett.   Stocks ended mostly higher in a relatively quiet and thin, abbreviated trading session Friday, with major indexes scoring a fourth straight weekly rise. Trading closed at 1 p.m. For the week the S&P […]

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