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Monthly Archives: August 2025

August 25, 2025

“The most important quality for an investor is temperament, not intellect.” Warren Buffett   Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell opened the door for rate cuts next month when he said the labor market might be softening enough to rein in inflation that is being pushed up by tariffs. After the Markets treading water waiting for […]

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August 18, 2025

“Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.” Ben Bernanke Last week, the S&P 500 rose 0.94%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average led with a 1.72% gain, and the Nasdaq increased 0.72% (per Bloomberg). Internationally, the FTSE 100 climbed 0.47%, and the MSCI-EAFE rose 2%. The 2-Year Treasury yield stood at 3.775%, and the […]

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August 11, 2025

“An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.”  Laurence J. Peter A fitting quote as most economists who predicted doom and gloom due to the tariffs are wrong again. But first here are the good numbers from last week. The S&P 500 gained 1.88%, the […]

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August 4, 2025

“In this business if you’re good, you’re right six times out of ten. You’re never going to be right nine times out of ten.” Fidelity legend: Peter Lynch Finally got our sell off, but first here are the numbers. The S&P 500 lost 2.4%, the Dow Jones Industrial average fell 2.9%, and the Nasdaq surrendered […]

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