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March 17, 2025

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! “This too shall pass” Abraham Lincoln After another tumultuous week it is wise to consider these words. But first the numbers. The S&P 500 finished the week off 1.16%, the Dow Jones Industrial average retreated 2.4%, the Nasdaq almost recovered down .48%. Internationally, the FTSE 100 was off .55% and the […]

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March 10, 2025

“With a good perspective on history, we can have a better understanding of the past and present, and thus a clear vision of the future.”  Carlos Slim Helu After last week, a little historical perspective is in order. Here are the numbers: The S&P500 suffered a loss of 3.32%, the Dow jones Industrial Average fell […]

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March 3, 2025

“In all my 55 years on Wall Street, before I retired to do something vastly more important, I was never able to say when the market would go up or down. Nor was I able to find anybody on Earth whose opinion I would value about when it would go up and down.” Sir John […]

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February 24, 2025

“Risk comes from not knowing what you are doing” Warren Buffett Markets were in risk-off mode in the wake of a wave of economic data that showed cracks in key parts of the economy. Bond yields were falling, and the only major S&P sector on the rise was consumer staples, but first, here are the […]

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February 10, 2025

“All intelligent investing is value investing. You must value the business in order to value the stock.” Charlie Munger Well, its Valentine week, will the market show us some love? First last week, the week started replacing all the losses caused by the tough tariff talk the previous week only to give back some gains […]

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January 20, 2025

“The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now.” Chinese proverb.   Happy Martin Luther King Day and Inauguration of the 47th President of the United States.   Well, today is one for the ages, the nonconsecutive inauguration of the President for a second time; only the second […]

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January 13, 2025

“Buy not on optimism, but on arithmetic” Benjaman Graham   Last Week was a bit depressing as we entered a correction mode, here are the numbers. The S&P 500 lost 1.09%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average surrendered 1.31% the Nasdaq fell 1.21%. Internationally the FTSE managed a slight gain of .30% and the MSCI-EAFE .22%. […]

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December 30, 2024

“Successful investing is about managing risk, not avoiding it.” Ben Bernanke   Santa Claus came to Wall Street this year, and equity markets rose on the last two trading days before the holiday, then fizzled a bit after Christmas but overall, a good week, here are the numbers. The S&P 500 finished up 2.21%, the […]

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December 23, 2024

“What goes up must come down” Sir Isaac Newton  Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all!  I know I have used this quote before, but is particularly appropriate in view of the last two weeks market performance. But first, here are the numbers. The S&P 500 surrendered 2.19% last week, the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

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December 9, 2024

“In investing, what is comfortable is rarely profitable.”  Robert Arnott The S&P 500 soared 5.9% in November with 8 of our 17 featured factor indices outperforming the S&P 500, led by Pure Growth. But first here are the numbers from last week. The S&P 500 finished the week up .83%, The Dow Jones Industrial Average […]

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