01 May Whoa Nelly” — Time to Get the Caution Flag Out!
A new record high in the stock market is a good thing as long as corporate earnings continue to improve; however caution is warranted when prices move steadily higher at the same time...
07 Mar ‘Wow, who’d have thunk it!’ –Mortimer Snerd
With several of the major indexes hitting all-time highs this week, you can't blame Mortimer for scratching his head. After all, you've got the fiscal cliff, sequestration, ballooning government deficits, political gridlock and...
01 Dec Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust
Legendary football coach Woody Hayes could just as well have been talking about today's investment climate rather than his 'Hall of Fame' strategy for the Ohio State Buckeyes. With deficit reduction now on...
01 Nov Should I Stay or Should I Go
After double-digit gains in the US stock market year-to-date, clients seem to be asking the question above more frequently. Another question I've recently received is "How are you going to protect me against...
02 Oct Walking a Tightrope
Many of you may feel investing in the market today is not all that different than how Nik Wallenda might have felt as he was crossing Niagara Falls this summer — one step...
02 Sep Market Comments
'Effective September 2012, fourteen Franklin tax-free income funds will adjust the amounts of their dividends' — down! When I read this press release I couldn't imagine why anyone today would invest in a medium...
05 Aug Market Comments
Irrespective of the daily barrage of negative news out of Europe, China and our American politicians, the U.S. stock market continues to trend higher. This is known on ‘Wall Street’ as climbing ‘the...