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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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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 13, 2023

“The idea that a bell rings to signal when to get into or out of the stock market is simply not credible. After nearly fifty years in this business, I don’t know anybody who has done it successfully and consistently. I don’t even know anybody who knows anybody who has.” Jack Bogle Founder Vanguard Funds […]

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October 2, 2023

“Inflation is taxation without legislation.“ Milton Friedman     As we close the 3rd quarter, the final week of September proved to continue the effects of both inflation and taxation on the middle class. Here are the weekly numbers: Stocks closed mostly lower on Friday, with the S&P 500 booking its biggest drop in a […]

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Another Roller Coaster Week…

September 18, 2023 “The only investors who do not need to diversify are the ones who are right 100 % of the time.” Sir John Templeton. Another roller coaster week with high expectations dashed on the last day. Despite some big moves to the upside, the S&P 500 ended the week with a slight loss […]

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Always Remember the 11th of September!

September 11, 2023 “The four most dangerous words in investing are, it’s different this time.” Sir John Templeton     As we start this week, let us remember 9/11, lest we ever forget. That said, last week, on Friday, all three major U.S. stock indexes closed slightly higher, with the S&P 500 snapping a three-day […]

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How is the middle class doing?

August 28, 2023 “The market can move for irrational reasons; you have to be prepared for that.” Bill Gross The bond king. After last week’s whipsaw market this quote seemed appropriate. The S&P 500 jumped all over the place, finishing the week at +.53% up, breaking a 3-week slip, the Dow Jones industrial average followed […]

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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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