5 Positive Events this Week!
For those of you who did not notice, we left out the “Financial” part of our headline this week as it was a short work week, and we wanted to broaden our thinking a bit, but positives still abound. Our first positive…
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An Update on the Sudden Economic Illness, Not Bad, But Not Great
In a continuation of our original Sudden Economic Illness post, (worth a read if you missed it) we thought an update on the economic numbers were timely. Not Up to Expectations: Last Friday the capital markets did not take kindly…
5 Positive Financial Events this Week! Happy Long Weekend
Sometimes it is amazing how fast time transpires these days. It is hard to believe some of these events happened just this week, which is why we point out these positive events. So here we go, zigging positively while others zag…
Little Brother Country Grows Up, A Personal Family Example
On Saturday of the latest weekend my kids helped me with a great idea of explaining the economic events as of late. For those of you who do not know, I have a daughter Sophia, who will turn 7 shortly, and…
5 Good Things that Happened This Week!
It seems lately, each week we have had at least one major event that is an extreme positive. This week’s top spot was a major winner struck from a bathtub. Warren Buffet Instills Confidence with his checkbook: In a similar sweet…
“Trading Ranges” Explained, A YoYo Market
Lately, the capital market indexes have been in what trendy cool professionals call a “trading range.” We being neither trendy or cool, prefer the term “Yo Yo Markets.” Remembering your childhood days of that fun handy toy the “Yo Yo” (I spent many hours with…
5 Good Things that Happened This Week!
Zigging and zagging our way to the high road this week, we had the following positive observations: Merger Monday: With a trifecta of mergers Monday, (Google-Motorola Mobility~ $12.5Billion, Time Warner-Insight ~$3billion, and Transocean-Aker Drilling ~$1.5billion) this marks an extreme vote of…
5 Good Things That Happened this Week !
Last week we Zigged when others Zagged, this week we wanted to send you to your weekend with a few good thoughts as well, especially given your positive comments, so here we go: Jamie Dimon, the CEO of JPMorgan Speaks (Video) to CNBC…
Explaining the Sudden Economic Illness
In an effort to make sure we all do not forget the forest because of the trees, we wanted to quickly review what thorn has gotten under the world capital market’s saddle, and how we arrived on this trail. As…
Not Your Father’s Economy/Market !
Given the movements of late, many are confused at what is happening in the capital markets. There has been news flow for everyone, whether positive or negative, and reactions, along with, in our opinion, over reactions. In the next few business days we…