In our last post concerning interest rates, we included a graph and commented on the sudden movement of the 10 year treasury. Due to the many questions from our post and from the attention the genearal media has been giving…
This is a headline from an excellent AP article this morning. Please remember that the Jobless rate is not a leading indicator of market movement or consumer sentiment. We expect the jobless rate to eventually hit double digits and a…
Most times when someone says “How did the Market do today?” They are speaking of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. On June 8th, two changes will be made to the Dow Jones Industrial Average to better reflect our economy and…
Very early in the year 2009 we formulated four points that we felt needed to happen in order to give the markets a better tone. While not entirely all encompassing, we attempted to hit a few major building blocks for the Capital Markets…
In our 2009, First Quarterly Newsletter we wrote “The elephant in the room at the end of the First Quarter is the Automakers as they reach their time limit for restructure and congressional leaders determine if further funding is available”. …
Over the last year interest rates have been extremely low. Since 1980, (a recent generation of investors lives) we have been in a steady march downward in interest rates. It is highly possible that the stimulus being added to our…
A North Korean Nuclear test over the weekend led us to believe we saw an event that the market would take cover and hide. If not the Korean Nuclear test, then maybe the ugly numbers from the Case-Shiller Index would cause a…
Memorial Day being honored on Monday will make for a low volume end to this week and a short week next week as summer officially begins. Just because we have a Holiday nearing, (fixed income closes early Friday and all…
Imagine you are running a marathon and your normal running time is 10 minute miles. For the past several miles you have been running at a 5 minute mile pace. You would need a rest. Similarly, the Capital Market’s have been running…
One of the most well known sayings on Wall-Street is “Sell in May and Go Away,” the main focus of this saying expresses the view that traders and portfolio managers tend to take the summer off from investing. To do…
