The rebound that smartly began March 6th continued almost without pause throughout the remainder of this most recent quarter. As we have mentioned numerous times, “patience” was justly rewarded. For the Quarter Ended June 30, 2009, the S&P 500, our…
Just a reminder, with Earning’s Season, Newsletter, and Quarterly Reports on our plate, we tend to post only sporadically for the next few days, unless of course there is an urgent event. Talk to you shortly, and thanks for checking…
At this point we have a good idea of what inflation is, why it happens, the leading indicators for, and it’s effects. So in our opinion, and only time will tell if we are correct, here is our probability of coming…
In our earlier post “Interest Rates, Friend or Foe” we spoke of the concerns of higher interest rates and the headwinds that higher rates create. Being that most investor’s memories do not stretch for many decades, we continue to mention interest…
According to the Federal Reserve of St. Louis, since 1928; What has the average long term (10 year bond) interest rate been closest? Thanks for your participation. Watch for results in Third Quarter 2009 Newsletter ! JK
The Consumer Price Index: According to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics which has an excellent webste at http://www.bls.gov What is the CPI? The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid…
With much talk of inflation, and to be fair, much coming from our mouths as well, we decided to post a series of thoughts concerning inflation. What is Inflation? Investorwords.com has the following definition “The overall general upward price movement…
We applaud many new investment products, still under review by our firm see post But many times there are new products and investment changes we discourage. As you know we have written many times about the repeal of the…
As you know we have long been in need of a pullback in the Capital Markets. From the March low we have smartly moved up almost 40% without much hesitation. Markets, just like a marathon jogger, need a break, and…
Over the last several months we have seen a dramatic market move back to more smart values. But for a moment let’s look a bit deeper and see actually what has happened. If we classify stocks by their bond ratings,…
