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This is an old Wall Street adage. It reflects observations from bygone eras when not much happened over the summer months. Also, there have been many corrections that start in September and [...]

The Biden administration has many proposals on the table for increasing taxes. These may just be opening bargaining positions and the net result will turn out to be different and perhaps less. [...]

Another lesson in the use of leverage in stock trading; the family office, Archegos, recently faced massive margin calls and was substantially liquidated. The calls came about because this [...]

Since the beginning of the pandemic, the U.S. stock market has gone through several shifts. At first, investors gave up on what looked like an accelerating economy at the beginning of 2020 and [...]

Early this past week, stock markets were hit with a quick, short sell-off, a squall rather than a big storm. It affected technology stocks most directly but also other highly valued companies. [...]

The Bull wrote in this blog some time ago that volatility was likely to pick up; and it has. Money flows into stocks have not been expanding along with positive price increases. This can forewarn [...]

Weeks ago, the Bull wrote that our cash flow data was indicating increased volatility was likely, a possible volatility storm. Well guess what? Remember volatility is up too, not just down. In [...]

Putting politics aside, the new presidential administration signals changes for investors. Whether we like them or not, we must deal with reality. Some of these have been anticipated and trends [...]

What started as a breeze at first is now a full blow. At first the Pandemic catalyzed many trends in place, speeding them up. Now political change is upon us. The comfort of what we thought we [...]

Almost nothing in this life is all bad or all good. As we look back at 2020, we all can recount many of the difficulties and tragedies of this most significant year. However, there is also some [...]