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December 16, 2024

December 16, 2024 It’s hard, when you’re up to your armpits in alligators, to remember you came here to drain the swamp. Ronald Reagan Let’s see if it begins next month.   Friday the 13th proved to be modestly negative for the markets, with both bonds and stocks slipping.  The lackadaisical week seems appropriate as […]

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October 28, 2024

“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” John F. Kennedy As we enter the last week of this Presidential election cycle, I thought it appropriate we consider our obligations as citizens and remember to vote, On a lighter side, Happy Halloween to all. Once a […]

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October 21, 2024

“The aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.” Aristotle Wise words from the source of most western philosophy, in life and in investing. Well, here we go with another positive week as we enter the third year of this Bull Market. Here are the numbers. The S&P 500 gained […]

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October 14, 2024

Happy Columbus Day!   “The entrance strategy is actually more important than the exit strategy.” Edward Lambert As in life, investing, and politics it is getting in the game that matters. Quick summary: Equity markets set new highs last week after a double-shot of news gave the market a dose of reality. The October read of […]

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September 23, 2024

“The individual should act consistently as an investor and not a speculator.” Benjamin Graham   All the major averages closed modestly higher Friday, (the Dow reaching a new record high), as major U.S. stock benchmarks booked weekly gains in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s large interest-rate cut last Wednesday. Last Friday, The Dow rose […]

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September 16, 2024

“The stock market is a device for transferring money from the impatient to the patient” Warren Buffett. (I know I have used this quote before, but, after the last two weeks it seemed more than appropriate.) Coming off its worst week of the year, the stock market notched its best week since November 2023. Here […]

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August 19, 2024

“Rule #1: Don’t lose money. Rule #2: Don’t forget Rule #1.” Warren Buffett What a week! Here are the numbers. The S&P 500 rose 3.93%, the Dow Jones Industrial average joined the party up 3.31%, The Nasdaq rocketed back 5.07%, erasing all of August loses. Internationally, the FTSE 100 gained 1.75% and the MSCI-EAFE recovered […]

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July 29, 2024

“The stock market is filled with individuals who know the price of everything, but the value of nothing.”  Phillip Fisher As we closed a tumultuous week this advice seems appropriate. We began with the market up on Biden’s announcement followed by fears of what the inflation number would be and finished on a broad-based recovery. […]

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July 22, 2024

Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” Robert Louis Stevenson   Folks, we are living through historic times, as I write these words, President Biden has succumbed to the intense pressure to withdraw, this past week we saw an assassination attempt on President Trump, an electric, […]

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July 15, 2024

“God Bless America”  In the everyday hustle and bustle of our lives a moment comes that forces us to take stock of what is really important.  This weekend, I hope and pray that this was one of those moments. We must all remember that words and actions have consequences that can affect so many lives. […]

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