Weekend Reading: Sentient Illumination
With a continuing resolution for $1 Trillion passed this week, which will fund the government for 5-whole months, there seems to be little consideration given to the disconnect between increase debt...
View ArticleA Weak Record Close – 05-04-17
Get Daily Updates: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud MISS THE LATEST WEBINAR? See All Our Previous Web/Seminars Here Weak Record Close AHCA Solves Little The Debt Is The Problem Market &...
View ArticleThe Conundrum Of Debt, Tax Cuts & The Economy
Last week, I discussed the issues behind President Trump’s announced “tax plan” and why, due to the increase in the national debt, that it may not spur the economic growth that has been promised. This...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: Breakout Or Fakeout
“Technically Speaking” is a regular Tuesday commentary updating current market trends and highlighting shorter-term investment strategies, risks, and potential opportunities. Please send any comments...
View Article#FPW: The Financial Wellness Evolution
The Financial Wellness Evolution: The Flow from Soil to Harvest “The soil of a man’s heart is stonier, Louis. A man grows what he can, and he tends it. ‘Cause what you buy, is what you own....
View ArticleThe Deck is Stacked : Putting Risk and Reward into Perspective
“The individual investor should act consistently as an investor and not as a speculator.“ – Ben Graham. We are frequently told that valuation analysis is irrelevant because fundamentals do not signal...
View Article5-Universal Laws Of Human (Investment) Stupidity
In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat:...
View ArticleWeekend Reading: The Drudging Report
This…has…t0…be…the…most…boring…market…ever. For almost a month now, the market has gone literally nowhere. Despite news of the passing of the American Health Care Act, the Continuing Resolution, or...
View ArticleOne Boring Market – 05-12-17
Get Daily Updates: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud MISS THE LATEST WEBINAR? See All Our Previous Web/Seminars Here One Boring Market VIX Out Of Whack Note On Risk Management Market &...
View ArticleNo…You Can’t Have Your 90’s Back
As I was writing the newsletter this past weekend, the following email rolled into my inbox: “The S&P will double. And not just eventually. But over the next 5 years (or sooner). Sounds like a...
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: Market In Confusion
“Technically Speaking” is a regular Tuesday commentary updating current market trends and highlighting shorter-term investment strategies, risks, and potential opportunities. Please send any comments...
View Article#FPW: Escaping Debt Darkness – Part 3
Credit card debt has morphed into a bona fide monster. Federal Reserve data on revolving debt as of April 2017, reflects how out of control the beast is. Credit card debt has reached the $1 trillion...
View ArticleThe Virtuous Cycle – Video
At the beginning of this year, I wrote an article entitled the “Death Of The Virtuous Cycle,” wherein discussed the reasons why, despite many promises, there has been no sustainable economic recovery....
View ArticleWeekend Reading: Trumponomics – End Of 100 Days
On election night, my friend Jessica and I were standing in the studios of Fox News in Houston as the ready to provide “color commentary” as the Presidential election proceeded. The newsroom was...
View ArticleTrumponomic Hopes Hit Hard Reality – 04-28-17
Get Daily Updates: Twitter, Facebook, Linked-In, Sound Cloud MISS THE LATEST WEBINAR? See All Our Previous Web/Seminars Here S&P 500 Review & Update Trumponomics Hit Hard Realities Market &...
View ArticleTax Cuts – The Economic Growth “Cure All?”
Last week President Trump announced his “tax plan” which discussed lowering the corporate tax rate, closing tax loopholes, reducing individual income tax brackets and increasing standard deductions....
View ArticleTechnically Speaking: Sell In May – Myth Or Reality?
“Technically Speaking” is a regular Tuesday commentary updating current market trends and highlighting shorter-term investment strategies, risks, and potential opportunities. Please send any comments...
View Article#FPW: Escaping Debt Darkness – Part 2
“I was taken by darkness, but there was light all around, inside me. I never felt such utter peace, clarity and sobriety.” – Johnny Cash As explained it to his wife June Carter what it was like to be...
View ArticleVolatility: A Misleading Measure of Risk
“History has not dealt kindly with the aftermath of protracted periods of low risk premiums” – Alan Greenspan The ability to see beyond the observable and the probable is the most important and...
View Article3 Things: Peak Exuberance, Expectations & Gravity
“3 Things” is a weekly post of thoughts I am pondering, usually contrarian, with respect to the markets, economy or portfolio management. Comments and thoughts are always welcome via email, Twitter,...
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