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A correction and a bounce.
Last week, the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) 500 Index moved into correction territory. The Nasdaq Composite Index (Nasdaq) was already…
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A difference of opinion.
Broadly speaking, there are two types of investors: individual investors and institutional investors. Individual investors buy and sell investments to…
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What do weather and investing have in common?
From 1991 to 2020, the average temperature of the United States was 54.7° Fahrenheit. Of course, that doesn’t mean the…
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Why are stock markets wary of tariffs?
In two of the last three weeks, tariff announcements led to late week stock market sell-offs. Stocks quickly recovered lost…
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Optimism headed south on Friday.
After rising for most of the week, stock markets lost momentum last Friday as economic data raised doubts about further…
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Wait! What just happened?
Last week, investors were inundated with market-moving data and news. Stock markets gyrated as investors tried to process everything that…
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What moves financial markets? The short answer is: Lots of things!
Almost one hundred years ago, Benjamin Graham and David L. Dodd wrote… “the market is a voting machine, whereon countless…
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As the markets turn.
Last week, investors breathed a sigh of relief when the latest price data showed core inflation, which excludes volatile food…
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How to Create a Plan to Tackle Holiday Debt
It’s a brand-new year, but when it comes to debt, you likely weren’t able to have a fresh start in…
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Bond yields are rising—and they have investors’ attention.
Last year, the United States Federal Reserve (Fed) lowered the federal funds rate by one percent. (The federal funds rate…
