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November 27, 2023

“I don’t look to jump over 7-foot bars: I look around for 1-foot bars that I can step over.” Warren Buffett.   Stocks ended mostly higher in a relatively quiet and thin, abbreviated trading session Friday, with major indexes scoring a fourth straight weekly rise. Trading closed at 1 p.m. For the week the S&P […]

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November 20, 2023

“We must find the time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives.” John F. Kennedy   As we start Thanksgiving week, I thought it would be appropriate to remind all of the many blessings God Almighty has given all of us, we are most appreciative of the faith and […]

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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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November 6, 2023

 “Stock market doesn’t only teach how to make money but it also teaches lot about life, patience, persistence and wisdom.” Raj Mishra Ho-Ho-ho- how did I know? Is it time to crow? Is the Santa Claus rally I argued for beginning? Well, after last week, it certainly looks like the bulls were let out of the […]

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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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September 25th, 2023

“The function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.” John Kenneth Galbraith That has certainly been the case lately, as we come to the close of the 3rd quarter, we have seen a spectacular July, anemic August and a schizophrenic September. Here are the numbers from last week: the S&P 500 ended the […]

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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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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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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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