The Federal Reserve and its policies are retreating in importance to investors. Inflation has come down, and an end to rate increases is in sight, so the spotlight returns to the economy and how [...]

Fourth-quarter and year-end earnings are now being reported by many public companies. So far, over 70% of those reporting are beating estimates. Analysts and investors bracing themselves for an [...]

The World Financial Forum in Davos this past week was a spreader event for pessimism and negativity. World leaders in government and business came together to exchange views. Even if anyone was [...]

The stock market is signaling an excellent technical setup. Very high percentage of stocks in the leading categories are showing positive money flows. Several like energy, industrials, materials, [...]

So often, what was white turns black and vice versa. Investors may wait until after the first of the year to book profits in their winners to put off taxes until April 15th of the subsequent [...]

The anomaly has been the last decade and a half of loose monetary policy and abnormally low interest rates. Zero interest rates were never going to be sustainable anyway. Easy money, inevitably, [...]

Not a great year in the stock market, but perhaps a good one in life! Market corrections are a part of investing. We’ve just had one. They don’t go on forever, and this one is [...]

After the latest meeting this week, the Federal Reserve announced another rate hike. It was .05%, a little less than the 4 previous increases. This was widely expected. However, the Fed Governors [...]

Investor sentiment so negative, you could cut it with a knife! What seemed to bring this about was the decidedly downbeat comments from some CEOs at the business roundtable in Washington, D.C. [...]

After over a 25% fall for the S&P 500 index, getting bearish now begs the question, “what do you hope to avoid now?” The NASDAQ has been down over 30%, “what do you now [...]