Santa’s Sleigh Bells

Posted on Saturday, December 5th, 2015

The media and blogosphere have lit up with their prognostications as to whether Santa Claus will make his appearance on Wall Street this year. One point of order is to note that the traditional Santa Claus Rally is not the entire month of December. It is only the last 5 trading days of the year… read more.

Investors Spooky October

Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2015

While October has traditionally been a spooky month for investors the only thing scaring investors this October was the huge gains in the stock market. October 2015 will go down as the best performing month for the S&P 500 in four years.  I think that we all enjoyed the ride back up in October. The… read more.

Wild Week in the Market and How Investing is Like Buying Groceries

Posted on Sunday, August 30th, 2015

This week along with some sharp turns in the market came some interesting comments on Federal Reserve policy and markets came from Ray Dalio, the investment guru and world’s largest hedge fund manager. Dalio, the founder of Bridgewater Associates feels that the Federal Reserve, while they may raise interest rates soon, will be forced to… read more.