During the holidays many Americans reacquaint themselves with the large maps found in the walkways of shopping malls and airports. Looking at the building’s layout from a birds-eye view, your…

Over the summer, in both the financial press and in conferences I have attended, the dreaded R word, recession, has been the topic of discussion. The second R word, rates,…

When do we take the training wheels off? As an uncoordinated kid, training wheels were a great comfort while learning to ride a bike.  I became upset anytime my dad…

The recent headlines in the financial press would lead one to believe that the market is in a middle of a monster wave.  In fact, if you look at a…

"There are certain industries which cannot now successfully compete with foreign producers because of lower foreign wages and a lower cost of living abroad, and we pledge the next Republican…

The financial business is a numbers business.   The jargon can make your head spin.  We have alpha,  beta,  PE, PB, PS.  The list goes on and on.  The numbers are supposed to communicate risk and…

Blood, Sweat and Tears belted these words out in their 1969 hit “Spinning Wheel”.   This year's volatility has many investors feeling as though they've been on a spinning wheel. Is this…

The first quarter of 2018 was a wild ride for equity investors.  January started off so promising (and unrealistic on an annual basis); however, it was followed by a February…

If you were a Johnny Carson fan you might recall his skit “Carnac the Magnificent”, in which a turbaned Johnny Carson delivered humorous predictions of the future. Just watching Carson…

Sometime in your investing life you have likely seen the 'mountain chart' exhibited below illustrating the price of the S&P 500 index from 1950 to present. Upon its presentation the…