Bear Markets
2024 Year in Review: Breaking, Bad Bonds
In 2024, the U.S. bond markets experienced a year of considerable fluctuation, shaped by economic indicators, policy shifts, and geopolitical events. Early in the [...]
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Market Update August 2024: Rocky with a Hint of Smoothness
What a wild month of August we are witnessing. From panic selling on Monday, August 5 to a solid rebound since then, investors are feeling the whipsaw action of [...]
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Market Update May 2024 | The Golden Oldies
Remember those Columbia House ads from the 1970s and 1980s giving you an opportunity to build out your record or tape collection for just a buck? Talk about a [...]
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The Song Remains the Same
The Song Remains the Same If you were tempted to undo your market seatbelt as we entered 2024, that has turned out to be a bad idea. The wild ride has continued [...]
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Market Update | Year Ahead 2024 – Twin Peaks
One of the most perplexing aspects of the markets is their ability to make you feel – how shall we say this – less than smart. Just when you think the [...]
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Fall 2023: Uncharted Territory
Leave the Past Behind One of the most tempting mental undertakings to find yourself doing during times of great market uncertainty is to look back at history for [...]
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Market Update: It’s Lonely Out There
Hope everyone is having a great summer so far. The typical summer slowdown does not seem to be in effect for us. We are quite busy, but good busy, and for that we [...]
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Surprise, Surprise: Stocks, Bonds and Gold Rise
Oops, They Did it Again ‘Don’t believe the hype’ is one of the big lessons learned so far in 2023 but Stocks, bonds, and gold have been solid. Recall how [...]
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Some Green (Profit) on the Screen
As the first quarter comes to a close, not much has changed in the markets from the past year. The US Federal Reserve is still plowing ahead with a string of [...]
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(Market) Partly Cloudy, but Warmer
Fed be Gone Continuing on with our theme from last month, we see the markets remain on the path to normalizing. I know this might sound like crazy talk, but [...]
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