05|17|2016

Unlucky Friday

Friday the 13th… often marred by the stigma of being an unlucky day. Holding to form, this past Friday markets shed 1%. The question should be, was the down-turn...

05|11|2016

Week Two

After 10 weeks of steady gains, the market has now rattled off two straight weeks of losses. Are the bears coming back or is a prelude to a bull...

04|26|2016

1973

[1] Disco music, bell bottom pants, and low unemployment… Who does not love 1973??? So what is the deal with 1973? It was the last time initial unemployment claims...

04|18|2016

Rope A Dope???

Markets rebounded last week as the global economy showed unexpected strength. Did investors just get ‘rope a doped’ or is this going to be short lived? US Data Weekly...

04|12|2016

A Chance for Tailwinds!

A dovish Federal Reserve Board (FRB), falling oil reserves, strengthening European PMI data… the markets went up, right? Wrong! The markets shed a little weight for the first time...

04|04|2016

The Battle of Hawks & Doves

There seems to be some discord in the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). Let the battle begin! Several members of the FOMC came out two weeks ago as proponents...

03|29|2016

Oil & Doves

Oil firming, A dovish Federal Reserve Board (FRB), and the falling dollar… Is this a recipe for a rally??? Oil prices have been firming since February 11th. Last week...

03|21|2016

Oil Rally

 5 weeks of gains on the oil and stock markets put us into positive territory for the year on equity markets; while oil cross into the $40 range. February...

03|14|2016

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday bull Market! Last Wednesday marked the 7th year since the market bottomed out in 2009. Since the bottoming of the equity markets 7 years ago, we have...

03|09|2016

Digging Deeper

The markets continued to drag themselves up off the mat this week as it logged its third consecutive week of gains. What got us there? US Data The week...