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April 27, 2026

“Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!’ Admiral David Farragut   It seems this is the only way to describe this market. But first the numbers. Last week the S&P 500 added.80% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell slightly by the end of the week off .39%, the Nasdaq led up 1.63%. Internationally, not so […]

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April 20, 2026

Happy Tax Day! (last Wednesday) “Oil as a symbol of enduring, guiding light from nature or the divine.” John Milton Oh boy was last week was wild due to the aforementioned oil. But first here are the very happy numbers. The S&P 500 rose 4.82%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 3.99%, and the Nasdaq […]

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April 13, 2026

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 A point to remember and […]

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April 6, 2026

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life” John 3:16   Hoping all had a blessed and Happy Easter, as it was Holy Week and Spring break, we did have a shortened trading week, here are the […]

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March 23, 2026

“The real key to making money in stocks is not to get scared out of them.” Peter Lynch  Another lousy week on top of the past several, anticipations of war then war. But first here are the numbers. The S&P 500 lost 2.52%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fared little better off 2.42%, and the Nasdaq […]

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March 16, 2026

March 16, 2026   “No matter what political reasons are given for war, the underlying reason is always economic.”  A.J.P. Taylor (historian)  Happy St. Patrick’s Day!   With the continuation of the events in Iran, I thought it appropriate that this quote be used (economic along with thermo-nuclear war aversion). But first here are the […]

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March 9, 2026

“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs… Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it.” Rudyard Kipling The Iranian regime was not the only ones taking a beating last week it was most investors, more on that in a minute. But first here are the numbers, The S& […]

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November 3, 2025

No price is too low for a bear or too high for a bull.  Unknown   Happy post Halloween, the markets did not deliver a trick but a big treat. Here are the numbers. The S&P 500 ended the week flat off .08%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained .32%, the Nasdaq delivered up,80%. Internationally, The FTSE […]

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September 15, 2025

“It is better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.” John Maynard Keynes Good Afternoon, and I am happy to be back, I write with a heavy heart following last week’s profound events, which transcended market reactions. I had the privilege of meeting Charlie Kirk on several occasions and shared a mutual friend. Though not […]

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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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