When 2020 began, we all had our travel plans laid out for the year and the biggest news was the bushfires burning across Australia. My son, Karston, even ran a personal fundraiser to support the relief effort. Who would’ve thought […]
Market Commentary
Normally “Nerdvember” is a month for me to “nerd out” with charts, tables, and graphs, but to do so in a manner that is educational. My original plan was to focus on four different “themes” for each of the four […]
Before I begin, I should mention that it’s officially “Nerdvember,” which is the month over which I “nerd out” on each of the columns that I write and send out each week. While these articles will be “nerdier” than most, […]
There’s exactly one week until Election Day and while I hear a lot of people saying that “We won’t know who our President is until December, at least,” I disagree. Name a time in U.S. history when we had millions […]
I often get made fun of by my staff for how little I watch the news. I have CNBC on all day long, but the volume is turned down so I can’t hear what they’re talking about. I’m watching for […]
For those of you who have been following our educational articles and market updates for years, you know that, when it comes to the stock market, I couldn’t care less about what I’m seeing on the news, whether we’re living […]
I could go through a laundry list of pros and cons when evaluating the stock market today, but that’s not necessary today. Sometimes the market gives us clearly defined risk levels and “signs” that make analysis not easy… but very […]
The most popular stock index in the world hit an all-time high last Tuesday, but very few stocks are above their intermediate-term trends, let alone their long-term trends. When you dive deeper, even fewer sectors, industry groups, and individual stocks […]
A friend of mine who is a floor trader on the New York Stock Exchange pointed this TMZ tweet out last week and I shook my head. The headline reads, “Day Trading on the Stock Market is Easier Than You […]
I feel like I keep using the word “unprecedented” a lot these days, as well as the phrase “record breaking,” but that’s what the stock market keeps handing us. We saw the fastest crash in U.S. history, followed by the […]
