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Thursday, October 1, 2020

The New Defensive Sector

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Utilities, real estate, consumer staples. Long considered the defensive play in equities when uncertainty rises.  Looking back on 2020, thou...

A Fresh Start

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Wow.  It's been a while since I last posted.  Looking at the date of my last article, like four years!  It's time to reengage.  I...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

2017 Stock and Bond Market Predictions - Part Two

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The period following the November presidential election was, by many measures, extraordinary. Equities soared, bonds and interest rate se...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

2017 Stock and Bond Market Predictions

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Regrets for taking so long between posts. I plan to be better about posting next year...get more exercise...and more sleep. Before mo...
Friday, October 14, 2016

Bank Earnings Blowout (Reprise)

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JP Morgan, Citi and the tarnished Wells Fargo all reported third quarter earnings this morning. The press was ecstatic. CNBC's origin...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

The Trump Campaign Struggles with the Real America

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Poor, poor Trump. As successful as he may have been in the business world, he’s clearly out of his league when it comes to Washington. Tr...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Understanding Dividend Yields

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The search for high dividend yielding stocks continues as investors seek alternatives to the abysmal yields on fixed income securities. A...
Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Is a Fed Rate Hike Good for Bank Stocks?

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With talk of a Fed rate hike at its September meeting increasing, following comments of Stanley Fischer and other Fed governors at Jack...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

The Fed, Bonds, REITs and Utility Stocks

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The Fed is hosting its 2016 annual academic conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming this weekend.  Fed Chair, Janet Yellen is scheduled to sp...
Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Wall of Worry

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We've all heard this expression, to refer to stocks clawing gains to new highs amidst a market of doubters. It's contrarian logic...
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