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Whats goes up…

August 14, 2023 “What goes up, must come down” Sir Issac Newton After a very positive rise in July, August appears to prove out the old adage. The continuing market index leader cooled down and the Nasdaq Composite fell 1.9% this week, ending Friday’s session with a 0.7% decline. It proved to be the tech-heavy […]

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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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What would Warren Buffet do?

July 31, 2023 “In the 20th century, the United States endured two world wars and other traumatic and expensive military conflicts; the Depression; a dozen or so recessions and financial panics; oil shocks; a flu epidemic; and the resignation of a disgraced president. Yet the Dow rose from 66 to 11,497.” Warren Buffett Important perspective […]

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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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Post 4th of July News

“Any 20-year-old who is not a liberal has no heart, any 40-year-old that is not a conservative has no brain” Sir Winston Churchill As we start a new month and the second quarter, I could not help but ponder the profound statement of Churchill, he of course was talking politics, but its application to one’s […]

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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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