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...
03|04|2016
Ebb and Flow…
As I’ve watched the markets ebb more than flow over the last week the head winds that tend to look so mild during good times have started to mount. ...
03|04|2016
Syria, China, and Japan… What about the U.S.???
In a week that brought diplomatic resolutions to the situation in Syria and great economic data out of China and Japan, the U.S. markets rallied while it had very...
03|04|2016
The week that wasn’t…
Many things happened this week; the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) delayed tapering, existing home sales rose to a recovery high, we saw Gold, Equities, and bonds rise in...
03|04|2016
Gov’t shutdown in a capitalist society, why are we worried?
I’ll tell you why we’re worried, a 4 week government shutdown is estimated to cost us nearly 1.5% in 4th quarter GDP. A GDP that has already been hit...
03|04|2016
“Dear Washington, Please learn from history!”
In August of 2011 Washington allowed the Debt Ceiling to rise, but under much duress. It was felt they didn’t increase it enough, they waited too long, and the...