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American companies did well in the first quarter.
During earnings season, publicly held companies tell investors how they performed during the previous quarter with a particular focus on…
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How’s everybody feeling?
If you said, “Not great,” you’re not alone. There is an abundance of negative sentiment today. Many people – from…
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As the market turns…
When investor preferences shift and money flows from one sector, industry, investment style or geographic region into another, it is…
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All eyes on the bond market.
The scale of the tariffs introduced by the administration shocked investors, sparking a roller coaster of a week for stock…
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“If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs…”
The advice offered by Rudyard Kipling’s poem “If—” resonated last week. A sharp escalation in trade tensions sparked a stock…
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Risk-on. Risk-off.
If you read the financial press, you may have seen the terms “risk-on” and “risk-off”. When investing, there is a…
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The market whisperer…
Last week, the Federal Reserve (Fed) left the federal funds rate unchanged, and Fed Chair Jerome Powell soothed markets. He…
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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…
